Memorable Quotes About Getting Old

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"As we grow older, we begin to understand that we cannot take anything for granted."
Baffled Princess
"You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime."
John G. E. Weller
"Age is not measured by the number of years you have lived, but by your state of mind."
Unknown
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."
George Bernard Shaw
"The trick is growing up without growing old."
Frank Lloyd Wright
"The wonderful thing about getting older is that you can get what you want; you just have to stop caring about what others think."
Michele Nott
"Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you didn't commit."
Anthony Powell
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"Life is a series of experience, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this."
Henry Ford
"One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it’s such a nice change from being young."
Paul Theroux
"The beauty of aging is that your beauty is not based on your looks, but on your memories and experiences."
Anonymous
"Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life."
Daniel C. Dennett
"It is not how old you are, but how you are old."
Jules Renard
"There is no old age. There is, if you are lucky, a new stage of life."
Anonymous
"You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair."
Douglas MacArthur
"The older I get, the more I realize that I am still a child."
Unknown
"The key to aging gracefully is to stay young at heart."
Unknown
"We are always the age we have been."
Henri Nouwen
"The fountain of youth is in your mind, not in a bottle."
Unknown
"As you get older, three things happen: The first thing that goes is your memory, and I can’t remember the other two."
Unknown
"The older you get, the more you realize that the world is full of opportunities."
Unknown
"Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing at all."
Helen Keller
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"Age is an opportunity no less than youth itself."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"The beauty of aging is that you learn what’s important and let go of the rest."
Unknown
"Old age is like having a second childhood."
Peter Pan
"I've reached the age where happiness is a good sandwich."
Unknown
"As you age, you will realize that certain things might not be as important as you once thought."
Unknown
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow! What a ride!'"
Hunter S. Thompson
"Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many."
Unknown
"The older I get, the more I realize that I am not entitled to anything. I have to earn it."
Unknown
"Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get."
George Bernard Shaw
"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life."
Charles R. Swindoll
"Age is merely the number of years the world has been enjoying you."
Unknown
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
Maya Angelou
"Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art."
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
"Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old."
Jonathan Swift
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"Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you didn’t commit."
Anthony Powell
"At 20 years of age, the will reigns; at 30, the wit; at 40, the judgment."
Benjamin Franklin
"The secret to staying young is to lie about your age."
Lucille Ball
"Life isn’t about how old you are. It’s about how much you have lived."
Unknown
"In age, you gain the wisdom to appreciate the beauty of life."
Unknown
"The older I get, the more I find myself wanting to spend time with the young."
Unknown
"Just remember, you’re unique, just like everyone else."
Unknown
"Do not regret growing old. It is a privilege denied to many."
Unknown
"It's not how old you are, but how you are old."
Jules Renard
"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter."
Mark Twain
"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been."
Mark Twain
"The older I get, the more I realize that the real monster is my own aging."
Patrick Rothfuss
"As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others."
Audrey Hepburn
"Grow old with me! The best is yet to come."
Robert Browning
"Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it you’ve got to start young."
Theodore Roosevelt
"With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone."
Oscar Wilde
"At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment."
Benjamin Franklin
"The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been."
Madeleine L'Engle
"Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been."
David Bowie
"To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am."
Bernard Baruch
"We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."
George Bernard Shaw
"The elderly are invisible, they don’t have a voice. But they make us invisible too, because they let us know that we will not always exist. They remind us of our own mortality."
Anonymous
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
Søren Kierkegaard
"To age is not to get older but to understand what is truly important."
Luis Miguel
"Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new."
Sammy Hagar
"One of the great things about getting older is that you can go to the bathroom without making a noise."
Robert Paul
"Age is an adventure; Middle age is a moment; Youth an experience."
George William Curtis
"We are always the same age inside."
Gertrude Stein
"Age is just a number, and mine is unlisted."
Anonymous
"Old age is not for sissies."
Bette Davis
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
C.S. Lewis
"The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get old."
Phyllis Diller
"Do not go quietly into that good night. Old age should burn and rave at close of day."
Dylan Thomas
"Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young."
Theodore Roosevelt
"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
Anonymous
"Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives."
Maurice Chevalier
"Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional."
Chili Davis
"You don't stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing."
George Bernard Shaw
"The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age."
Lucille Ball
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
Oscar Wilde
"At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At 40, we don’t care what they think of us. At 60, we discover they haven’t been thinking about us at all."
Ann Landers
"Old age comes on suddenly and not gradually as is thought."
Emily Dickinson
"A man is as old as he feels."
Anonymous
"Age is simply the number of years the world has been enjoying you."
Anonymous
"You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old."
George Burns
"To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am."
Bernard Baruch
"As I get older, I remember less. So my kid can call me 'Mom' without any fear of retribution."
Anonymous
"Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes."
Andy Rooney
"Old age is no place for sissies."
Bette Davis
"The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles."
Anonymous
"Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength."
Betty Friedan
"You cannot get older without also getting wiser."
Anonymous
"One of the many things nobody ever tells you about aging is that it’s such a nice change from being young."
Danny Baker
"Wisdom comes with winter."
Oscar Wilde
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love."
Sophia Loren
"Time and tide wait for no man."
Geoffrey Chaucer
"As I get older, I realize that I’m not the same person I used to be. And I like being me."
Rita Moreno
"The older I get, the more I realize that the things I thought were most important weren't."
Jim McMahon
"It's not about how old you are, it's about how you are old."
Jules Renard
"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts."
Charles R. Swindoll
"Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears."
John Lennon
"You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing."
George Bernard Shaw
"One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood."
Seneca
"Age is an adventure; the older you get, the more you find out about yourself."
Unknown
"The best part about getting old is you don’t have to worry about how you look anymore."
Unknown
"The older I get, the more I realize that I can be myself."
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"Life is a long lesson in humility."
James M. Barrie
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