None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
Henry David ThoreauRead
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None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity.
Human beings can be beautiful. If they are not beautiful it is entirely their own fault. It is what they do to themselves that makes them ugly. The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it.
You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
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 is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.
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.
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.
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.
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.
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.
Aging is not "lost youth" but a new stage of opportunity and strength.
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.
We are always the same age inside.
Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.
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