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Aging Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “You know you’ve reached middle age when all you exercise is caution.”

Abraham Lincoln

Aging, Caution, Wisdom, Humor, Life Stages

2. “With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”

William Shakespeare

Aging, Joy, Mirth, Laughter, Acceptance

3. “Sit by my side, and let the world slip: we shall ne’er be younger.”

William Shakespeare

Youth, Time, Companionship, Carefreeness, Aging

4. “Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?”

William Shakespeare

Desire, Performance, Aging, Change, Passion

5. “I wonder if one of the penalties of growing older is that you become more and more conscious that nothing is very permanent.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Aging, Impermanence, Life, Awareness, Reflection

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

Eleanor Roosevelt

Aging, Morality, Vice, Wisdom, Integrity

7. “Beautiful old people are works of art.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Aging, Beauty, Humanity, Wisdom, Art

8. “Every age is an unknown country.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Aging, Discovery, Life, Exploration, Reflection

9. “Today is the oldest you’ve ever been and the youngest you’ll ever be again.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Time, Perspective, Life, Aging, Awareness

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

Eleanor Roosevelt

Beauty, Aging, Perspective, Value, Growth

11. “One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Aging, Relationships, Memory, Love, Gratitude

12. “People ask me if there are going to be stories of Harry Potter as an adult. Frankly, if I wanted to, I could keep writing stories until Harry is a senior citizen, but I don't know how many people would actually want to read about a 65-year-old Harry still at Hogwarts playing bingo with Ron and Hermione.”

J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter, Aging, Writing, Future, Creativity

13. “Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Aging, Preparation, Success, Wisdom, Growth

14. “We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Life Choices, Activity, Aging, Energy, Determination

15. “The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Aging, Life Stages, Experience, Wisdom, Reflection

16. “Getting older is the best thing that ever happened to me. I wake up every morning rejoicing that I’m still here with an opportunity to begin again and be better.”

Oprah Winfrey

Gratitude, Growth, Renewal, Aging, Positivity

17. “The best way to look at aging is to see it as an opportunity to leave what didn’t work behind and step boldly into a brand new future.”

Oprah Winfrey

Aging, Opportunity, Growth, Renewal, Perspective

18. “With age comes the understanding and appreciation of your most important asset, your health.”

Oprah Winfrey

Health, Aging, Wisdom, Appreciation, Life

19. “It looks like I’m going to be 40 and life begins at 40 -? so they promise. And I believe it, too.”

John Lennon

Aging, Life, Optimism, New Beginnings, Milestones

20. “I feel now at 53 I have grown into a deeper understanding of what a human life is.”

John Lennon

Wisdom, Aging, Life, Understanding, Growth

21. “Some people say it’s a when you get older fans the kids don’t like you. It’s true.”

John Lennon

Aging, Fame, Generations, Society, Reflection

22. “Autumn is really the best of the seasons; and I’m not sure that old age isn’t the best part of life.”

C.S. Lewis

Seasons, Reflection, Aging, Beauty, Appreciation

23. “Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.”

Mark Twain

Aging, Happiness, Smiles, Life, Positivity

24. “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”

Mark Twain

Age, Perspective, Mindset, Aging, Resilience

25. “What is human life? The first third a good time; the rest remembering about it.”

Mark Twain

Life, Reflection, Memory, Aging, Happiness

26. “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. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it.”

Mark Twain

Memory, Aging, Reflection, Humor, Loss