Quotes on Staying Young

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever.

He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age

Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’ And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.

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.

I'm always trying to tackle subjects that tax me and make me think. That's the key to staying young at heart. The brain has to be exercised the same as the rest of the body.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

There's no such thing as turning back the hands of time, and it makes me crazy that we live in a society where that's sold to women—that we're supposed to believe that if we're getting older, we've failed somehow, that we have failed by not staying young. I wish that women would let other women age gracefully and allow them to get older and know that as we get older, we become wiser.

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

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

Youth is not a time of life - it is a state of mind.

We are always the same age inside.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.