Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. — Maurice Chevalier
Aging Gracefully Quotes
Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different. — C. S. Lewis
Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security — John Allen Paulos
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Live your life. Take chances. Be crazy. Don't wait. Because right now is the oldest you've ever been and the youngest you'll ever be again.
Your face is marked with lines of life, put there by love and laughter, suffering and tears. It's beautiful. — Lynsay Sands
I'm not an aging gracefully type. But I do believe in aging with grace. — Danielle Steel
I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again. — Eric Roth
Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.
And the beauty of a woman, with passing years only grows! — Audrey Hepburn
A lot of people say I am using all the procedures for my face. I didn't do anything. I live a healthy life, I take care of my skin and my body. I'm against Botox, I'm against injections; I think it's damaging your face, damaging your nerves. It's all me. I will age gracefully, as my mom does. — Melania Trump
There is only one way to be revived and healed from our backslidings so that we may become fruitful even in old age. We must take a steady look at the glory of Christ in His special character, in His grace and work, as shown to us in the Scripture. — John Owen
For ages happiness has been represented as a huge precious stone, impossible to find, which people seek for hopelessly. It is not so; happiness is a mosaic, composed of a thousand little stones, which separately and of themselves have little value, but which united with art form a graceful design. — Delphine de Girardin
Embracing Aging Quotes
Truthfully, in this age those with intellect have no courage and those with some modicum of physical courage have no intellect. If things are to alter during the next fifty years then we must re-embrace Byron’s ideal: the cultured thug. — Sayings
Exercise is remarkably beneficial for the brain. High fitness levels in midlife delayed dementia onset by 9.5 years in women. Larger brain volumes have also been linked to increased physical activity. Maintain youthful brain volume by embracing exercise. We can transform our brain health as we age. — Rhonda Patrick
We have been filled with grief as we have witnessed the decline of the North American Church that was once filled with missionary zeal and yet now seems determined to bury itself in a deadly embrace with the spirit of the age. — Peter Akinola
Accept both compliments and criticism. It takes both sun and rain for a flower to grow.
Eight inches strong, it is my favourite thing;
If I'm alone at night, I embrace it fully -
A beautiful woman hasn't touched it for ages.
Within my fundoshi there is an entire universe! — Ikkyu
I am sent to you to confute, not to embrace your heresy. The Catholic religion is the faith of all ages, I fear not death. . . Pardon my enemies, O Lord: blinded by passion they know not what they do. Lord Jesus, have mercy on me. Mary, Mother of God, succor me! — Fidelis of Sigmaringen
I embrace old age. Look, I'm never going to dunk on LeBron James, and I've learned to accept that. I got a pretty good life, and I'm very fortunate, and I have my blessings. — Mark Wahlberg
A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.
Unless the church is equipping believers to embrace the values and vision of the kingdom of God and turn away from the materialism, consumerism, greed, and power of the present age, it not only abandons its biblical mandate, it is rendered missionally ineffective. — Alan Hirsch
I think women should start to embrace their age. What's the alternative to getting older? You die. I can't change the day I was born. But I can take care of my skin, my body, my mind, and try to live my life and be happy. — Olivia Munn
I never want to lie about my age. If I look around at the actresses I admire, they are all women who have not fought growing older, but embraced it and been proud of it - women like Sophia Loren or Audrey Hepburn. — Sayings
Every age has its storytelling form, and video gaming is a huge part of our culture. You can ignore or embrace video games and imbue them with the best artistic quality. People are enthralled with video games in the same way as other people love the cinema or theatre. — Andy Serkis
Growing Old Quotes
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. — George Bernard Shaw
Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. — Dorothy Parker
The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live. And most people are concerned about growing old rather than being effective. — Myles Munroe
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise man grows it under his feet.
The hard thing when you get old is to keep your horizons open. The first part of your life everything is in front of you, all your potential and promise. But over the years, you make decisions; you carve yourself into a given shape. Then the challenge is to keep discovering the green growing edge. — Howard Thurman
Keep the Pineal Gland operating and you will Never grow Old, You will always be Young. — Edgar Cayce
Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.
The years go by one after the other; time slips past us with out our being aware of it; we grow old like ordinary men and we shall end like them. — Louis XIV
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
Do not lose joy in life as you grow old in years. Let not your 'joie de vivre be crushed under the weight of years. — Zoroaster
Getting Old Quotes
You'll get my assault weapon when you pry it out of my curious six-year-old's cold dead hands. — Anthony Jeselnik
I used to hate old-timers who didn't praise the younger wrestlers, but you've got to pass the torch sometime. If you're old, that torch gets too heavy for you and you can't carry it, so it won't do you any good. — Randy Savage
Don't regret growing older. It's a privilege denied to many.
Keep recognizing that reality is changing and that your ideas have to change. Don’t get stuck in old ideas. — Grace Lee Boggs
We turn not older with years but newer every day. — Emily Dickinson
People still stereotype all day long. But if you forget your own age, you'll get so focused on the business that you become ultra-confident and people will forget to question how old you are. — Gurbaksh Chahal
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be only afraid of standing still.
You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there. — George Burns
At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don't care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven't been thinking of us at all. — Ann Landers
There's an old expression about falling off a horse. You get back on and you ride that bad boy into town. — Brock Lesnar
Too many people, when they get old, think that they have to live by the calendar. — John Glenn
Accepting Aging Quotes
Maturity comes not with age but with the acceptance of responsibility. You are only young once but immaturity can last a lifetime! — Edwin Louis Cole
Of course there is no formula for success, except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life, and what it brings — Arthur Rubinstein
Unfortunately, because aging is so common and natural, we tend to think of it as destiny or something we should accept. — David Sinclair
Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow.
The world of visual perspective is one of unified and homogeneous space. Such a world is alien to the resonating diversity of spoken words. So language was the last art to accept the visual logic of Gutenberg technology, and the first to rebound in the electric age. — Marshall McLuhan
There is, however, only one idea of duty which has been universally accepted by all mankind, of all ages and sects and countries, and that has been summed up in a Sanskrit aphorism thus: "Do not injure any being; not injuring any being is virtue, injuring any being is sin." — Swami Vivekananda
I have reached a point in my life where I understand the pain and the challenges; and my attitude is one of standing up with open arms to meet them all. — Myrlie Evers-Williams
If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.
Then let yourself love all that you take delight in
Accept yourself whole, accept the heritage
That shaped you and is passed on from age to age
Down to your entity. Remain mysterious;
Rather than be pure, accept yourself as numerous. — John Ashbery
We can change our lives for the better, and always have. We used to think pain during surgery and dying during childbirth were inevitable. We no longer accept that, and we shouldn't just accept aging. — David Sinclair
The face of an old woman can't be hidden even if she scrubbed it off with a scratch pad. — Moroccan Proverbs
Getting older is a struggle. I always feel that just under the surface of acceptance and enjoyment of the ageing process is a terrible hysteria just waiting to burst out. — Michael Sheen
Healthy Aging Quotes
All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly. — Hippocrates
The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love. — Bruce D. Perry
You see, you don't get old from age, you get old from inactivity, from not believing in something. — Jack LaLanne
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down "happy". They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life
When you feel you’re committed to something outside of yourself - some process ideally that contributes in a greater way to society - that seems to be one of the best predictors of long-term health and healthy aging. — Tommy Wood
The microbiome is absolutely critical to healthy aging. — Will Bulsiewicz
Supplementation with vitamin D and omega-3 combined with a strength exercise program for 3 years resulted in a 61% reduction in cancer risk among generally healthy and active adults aged 70 and older. — Rhonda Patrick
Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding. — John D. Rockefeller
Eating a diet rich in whole, nutrient-dense foods can help support healthy aging and longevity. — Steven Gundry
It's not just the idea of living longer that has driven me, it's living healthy longer. — Valter Longo
Matcha, or Japanese ceremonial green tea, is one of the world's healthiest drinks. Not because of antioxidants but survival molecules that Camillia sinensis makes when grown in the shade. When we ingest them, they boost our survival enzymes to fight aging & disease. — David Sinclair
Aging And Wisdom Quotes
The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. The Bible is endorsed by the ages. Our civilization is built upon its words. In no other book is there such a collection of inspired wisdom, reality, and hope. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
India has known the innocence and insouciance of childhood, the passion and abandon of youth, and the ripe wisdom of maturity that comes from long experience of pain and pleasure; and over and over a gain she has renewed her childhood and youth and age — Jawaharlal Nehru
Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
None in this age will amass wealth except those having five traits ofcharacter. High hopes; abnormal greediness; excessive miserliness, lack of fearing Allaah; and forgetfulness of the coming world. — Sufyan al-Thawri
Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age. — Paul Klee
I think it's taken me this long to really trust myself, but now I do, I really do. Thanks to my experience and wisdom, I've learned not to be so naive and trusting. Today I question everything and listen to my instincts. — Deborra-Lee Furness
Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it. — Truman Capote
Maybe if you're younger you have more energy - but that's a big maybe. Because at this stage of life, I have more patience, understanding, wisdom, resources - and a husband. I didn't get him until I was 39. But I got a good one. — Angela Bassett
Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place. — Abigail Van Buren
Respect Old Age Quotes
The best security for old age: respect your children. — Sholem Asch
One's sense of honor is the only thing that does not grow old, and the last pleasure, when one is worn out with age, is not, as the poet said, making money, but having the respect of one's fellow men. — Thucydides
Politicians, old buildings, and prostitutes become respectable with age. — Mark Twain
Is suffering so very serious? ...I'm referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It's extremely painful... hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain... is no more worthy of respect than old age or illness. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
In this respect early youth is exactly like old age; it is a time of waiting for a big trip to an unknown destination. The chief difference is that youth waits for the morning limited and age waits for the night train — Bruce Catton
I was always taught to respect my elders and I've now reached the age when I don't have anybody to respect. — George Burns
Wine is a living liquid containing no preservatives. Its life cycle comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death. When not treated with reasonable respect it will sicken and die. — Julia Child
I look at my career and I feel I have the potential to maybe mature into a Samuel Jackson-type older cat, and people will still respect me and say 'Yo, Ice-T was wild', into my old age. And why not? I don't necessarily think I'll be rapping in 10 years. — Ice T
You aren’t old enough to have such regrets.” “Pain doesn’t respect age, my lady. — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair. — J. P. Senn
Anyone who stops learning is old — whether this happens at twenty or at eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young but becomes constantly more valuable — regardless of physical capacity. — Henry Ford
The most important thing is growing old gracefully. — Audrey Hepburn
The spirit should never grow old. — John Kenneth Galbraith
When granted many years of life, growing old in age is natural, but growing old with grace is a choice. Growing older with grace is possible for all who will set their hearts and minds on the Giver of grace, the Lord Jesus Christ. — Billy Graham
Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully. — Julie Burchill
I don't plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet. — Rita Rudner
Generally, old media don't die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven't been the primary purveyors of the written word for a while now of course, but they still have a role because you wouldn't want a TV screen on your headstone. — Douglas Adams
Instead of growing old gracefully, at home with my family - reading and writing and praying and thinking - too much of my time has been spent at airports and in hotels. — Desmond Tutu
Beautiful old people are works of art. — Eleanor Roosevelt
I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn. — Sayings
There are so few who can grow old with a good grace. — Richard Steele
It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily. — R. Palmer
I think in some ways - only in some ways - but in some ways, rock and roll has let me down. It really doesn't leave you a way to grow old gracefully and continue to work. — Neil Young
I do believe in growing old gracefully, and when the time comes that I would look silly performing on stage, I'll be prepared to give it up without regrets. — George Harrison
You can either grow old gracefully or begrudgingly. I chose both. — Roger Moore
If I am to tell you how to grow old gracefully, I must tell you at the beginning of life; for no man can grow old gracefully unless he begins early. — Lyman Abbott
There is a major turning point in life when you have to decide: shall I grow old gracefully or shall I try everything to stem the tide? For me, that point came in 2001, when I stopped dyeing my hair. — Nik Kershaw
The rarest attainment is to grow old happily and gracefully. — Lydia M. Child
Here was a thing that would grow old; here was a thing that would turn beautiful and lose that beauty, that would inherit the grace but also the bad ear and flawed figure of her mother, that would smile too much and squint too often and spend the last decades of her life creaming away the wrinkles made in youth until she finally gave up and wore a collar of pears to hide a wattle; here was the ordinary sadness of the world. — Andrew Sean Greer
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