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Words of Wisdom on Aging

Surely the consultation of old age is finding out few things are worth worrying over.
~ Dorothy Dix

Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone.
~ Jim Fiebig

The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.
~ George Santayana

I never look back. I'm not going that way.
~ Ginnie Job

It's much better to WEAR OUT than to rust out.
~ Mary Miro

It's not how old you are, but how you are old.
~ Marie Dressler

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world ... They don't remember what it's like to be 12 years old.
~ Walt Disney

Age doesn't matter unless you're cheese.
~ J. Paul Getty

Aging like a fine wine means spending a lot of time on your side, lying down.
~ Kevin Kinzer

Old minds are like old horses: you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
~ John Quincy Adams

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

At my age, by the time I find temptation, I'm too tired to give in to it!
~ Oscar Wilde

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
~ Aldous Huxley

Life would be infinitely happier if only we could be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18.
~ Mark Twain

You're not too old until it takes longer to rest up than it does to get tired.
~ Unknown

Careful grooming may take 20 years off a woman's age, but you can't fool a long flight of stairs.
~ Marlene Dietrich

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

You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
~ Douglas MacArthur

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
~ Chili Davis

In youth the days are short and the years are long; in old age the years are short and the days long.
~ Nikita Ivanovich Panin

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
~ George Bernard Shaw

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.
~ Maurice Chevalier

Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.
~ Author Unknown

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?
~ Satchel Paige

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened.
~ Mark Twain

The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn.
~ Henry Haskins

When you get old, you might lose some of your marbles. But don't lose your marvels.
~ Taylor Morgan

Youth is a gift of nature, but age is a work of art!
~ Garson Kanin

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