Quotes on Ageing

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Dying is a matter of slapstick and pratfalls. The ageing process is not gradual or gentle. It rushes up, pushes you over and runs off laughing. No one should grow old who isn't ready to appear ridiculous.

As our economy faces up to potential labour shortages due to our ageing population and as it moves to a new level of sophistication to compete with the rest of the world, we're going to need every Australian on board pulling their weight, rejoining the workforce, gaining new skills. Writing off individuals and communities suffering from poverty just creates a dead weight for our economy to drag along.

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many.

Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

The trick is to age honestly and gracefully and make it look great, so that everyone looks forward to it.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

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.

Ageing is so many different things, and cells being able to self-renew is part of the picture but not all of it.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created.

Aging is not "lost youth" but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

Ageing destroys youth, sickness destroys health, degeneration of life destroys all excellent qualities and death destroys life. Even if you are a great runner, you cannot run away from death. you cannot stop death with your wealth, through your magic performances or recitation of mantras or even medicines. Therefore, it is wise to prepare for your death.

I have absolutely no objection to growing older. I am a stroke survivor so I am extremely grateful to be ageing - I have nothing but gratitude for the passing years. I am ageing - lucky, lucky me!

I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. "Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege."

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.

As a younger woman, that pressure got me down, but I've made my peace with it. With airbrushing and digital manipulation, fashion can project an unobtainable image that's dangerously unhealthy. I'm excited about the ageing process. I'm more interested in women who aren't perfect. They're more compelling.