Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
— Samuel Ullman
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
— Kurt Vonnegut
Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art. Stanislaw
— Jerzy Lec
Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.
— Dylan Thomas
You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.
— George Burns
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.
— Lauren Bacall
Old age is no place for sissies.
— Bette Davis
Youth is wasted on the young.
— George Bernard Shaw
I’m happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.
— James Broughton
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
— Andrew Carnegie
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.
— Victor Hugo
I’m happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.
— James Broughton
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
— Henry Ford
We are always the same age inside.
— Gertrude Stein
Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.
— George Sand
The trick is growing up without growing old.
— Casey Stengel
Men are like wine – some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
— Pope John XXIII
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.
— Agatha Christie
Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.
— Betty Friedan
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.
— Robert Frost
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
— John Adams
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. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
— Sophia Loren
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
— Mark Twain
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
— Francis Bacon
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
— Francis Bacon
It is not how old you are, but how you are old.
— Jules Renard
Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.
— Albert Camus
Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
— Euripides
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
— Tom Stoppard
The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.
— Logan Pearsall Smith
As men get older, the toys get more expensive.
— Marvin Davis
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
— Brigitte Bardot
Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
— Jonathan Swift
When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.
— Victor Hugo
You don’t stop laughing because you grow older. You grow older because you stop laughing.
— Maurice Chevalier
Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
— Anais Nin
I don’t believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.
— T. S. Eliot
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
— Oscar Wilde
A man growing old becomes a child again.
— Sophocles
Surrounding myself with beautiful women keeps me young.
— Hugh Hefner
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
— Mark Twain
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
— Lucille Ball
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
— Francis Bacon
One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.
— Malcolm Muggeridge
Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur.
— Muriel Spark
If you’re old, don’t try to change yourself, change your environment.
— B. F. Skinner
Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.
— John Singer Sargent
