Timeless Wisdom: Life Lessons Seniors Wish They Knew Sooner
1. “In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” – Robert Frost
2. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S Lewis
3. “The only way to make your dreams come true is to wake up and do something about them.” – Steve Jobs
4. “Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” – Harper Lee
5. “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” – Helen Keller
6. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost
7. “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha
8. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
9. “We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” – Ronald Reagan
10. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
11. “The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
12. “The older I get, the more I realize how precious and finite time is. Don’t waste it on anything that doesn’t fulfill you or make you happy.” – Unknown
13. “Every day is a gift. That’s why they call it the present.” – Unknown
14. “As we grow older, the beauty steals inward.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
15. “When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.” – Abraham Joshua Heschel
16. “You have to be able to laugh at yourself. Attitude is almost more important that what happens to you.” – Dick Van Dyke
17. “If one has no sense of humor, one is in trouble.” – Betty White
18. “The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don’t let them put you in that position.” – Leo Buscaglia
19. “My advice: Don’t waste so much time worrying about your skin or your weight. Develop what you do, what you put your hands on in the world.” – Meryl Streep
20. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchil
21. “The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.” – Lao Tzu
22. “Many great things can be done in a day if you don’t always make that day tomorrow.” – George Burns
23. “Be still and listen for that still small voice within. That will teach you how to live.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
24. “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.” – John Wesley
25. “Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you. Spend your life with people who make you smile, laugh and feel loved.” – Roy T. Bennett
26. “Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind.” – Jackie Joyner-Kersee
27. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
28. “The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” – Henry Ford
29. “It’s never too late in life to strive for something new and create a better tomorrow!” – Unknown
30. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
31. “Do not regret growing older. It’s a privilege denied to many.” – Unknown
32. “You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.” – C.S Lewis
33. “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” – Mark Twain
34. “Old age ain’t no place for sissies.” – Bette Davis
35. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
36. “Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.” – Cory Booker
37. “Don’t let the fear of aging limit your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey
