Age

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.

Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Every day is a gift from God, no matter how old we are.

Every day is a gift from God, no matter how old we are.

Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.

Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.

Jean Paul Richter

Adults are obsolete children.

Adults are obsolete children.

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.

Jean Paul Richter

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

Young men, trust God, and make the future bright with blessing. Old men, trust God, and magnify him for all the mercies of the past.

Young men, trust God, and make the future bright with blessing. Old men, trust God, and magnify him for all the mercies of the past.

Charles Spurgeon

To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.

Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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

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

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally - and often far more - worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.

No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally - and often far more - worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

Benjamin Franklin

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.

I must confess, I was born at a very early age.

I must confess, I was born at a very early age.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

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

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

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.