Quotes on Growing Old

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.

As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It's great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I'm not complaining,... Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven't done what they wanted with their lives.

I don't mind growing old. If I have to go before my time, this is how I'll go-- cigarette in one hand, glass of scotch in the other.

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

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

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.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

But I can tell - let truth be told - That love will change in growing old; Though day by day is nought to see, So delicate his motions be.

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

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!

It's an epitome of life. The first half of it consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

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."

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.