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101 Timeless Quotes About Aging

Posted on May 18, 2018 in Senior Living Quotes

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In today's society we are inundated with anti-aging products, surrounded by media promoting youth and excess, and constantly told that we need to look younger. In all this, it's easy to sometimes forget the value of age. Things such as wisdom, the priceless value of experience, and the beauty of maturity all accompany the aging process. That's what we would like to celebrate in this post.

Quotes About Aging

The passage of time is inevitable, but what we choose to do with that time is entirely up to us. Share these quotes about growing older, growing wiser, and growing our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.

Quotes About Growing Older

"Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional." – Chili Davis

"I have known plenty of people who, in their later years, had the energy of children and the kind of curiosity and fascination with things like little children. I think we can keep that, and I think it's important to keep that part of staying young. But I also think it's great fun growing old." – Johnny Depp

"When granted many years of life, growing old in age is natural, but growing old with grace is a choice. Growing older with grace is possible for all who will set their hearts and minds on the Giver of grace, the Lord Jesus Christ." – Billy Graham

"The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late." – Ben Folds

"The trick is growing up without growing old." – Casey Stengel

"To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing – considering the alternative." – Michael Caine

"If the infinity of the sea may call out thus, perhaps when a man is growing old, calls come to him, too, from another infinity still darker and more deeply mysterious; and the more he is wearied by life the dearer are those calls to him." – Henryk Sienkiewicz

"I've looked forward to being older because you will have that many more miles covered. We mustn't be led into thinking getting old is bad. Growing old is good." – Joanna Lumley

"A man growing old becomes a child again." – Sophocles

"Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form. Andre Maurois Age, Which, No Time The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom friends." – Logan Pearsall Smith

"I think I may have to grow up without growing old. I think we're going to have to define differently what I'm going to be. We're going to have to define my growing up differently." – Mattie Stepanek

"You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly." – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

"No country's policies are eternal; they do vary. People are growing old, and a new generation is coming to power. In a year's time, a government can look different. You can't influence them if you don't talk to them." – Martti Ahtisaari

"A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father." – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

"Do I believe in coupling? Do I believe in commitment? Do I believe in co-parenting, raising children together, having a family, and growing old with someone? I absolutely believe in all of those things. I just don't believe that you need to be married to do that. I love going to weddings, though. I do love a good wedding." – Laura Wasser

"Nobody ever said that growing old would be easy. Just having to hold the newspaper out in your forties and then hair growing out of unusual parts of your body in your fifties. It's tough on the ego." – Geoffrey Rush

"I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious." – Glenda Jackson

"The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom friends." – Logan Pearsall Smith

"It is a little disappointing to see that your legs are not as strong. But I like the idea of growing old, and the thought of approaching death is not particularly daunting to me." – Francis Ford Coppola

"I think most models fear growing old, but from a tender age I had always chosen to play someone grown up. I am slowly but surely catching up with the people that I have spent the last decade and a half trying to portray." – Erin O'Connor

"I've been writing about growing old for some time, really from the beginning of my career. It's something I'm apparently hung up about and now that I am old, hopefully I speak about it with some authority." – Loudon Wainwright III

"The thing about growing old is you have to accept it – if you don't, you'll be as miserable as sin. You've got to try and find the few good things about it." – Judy Parfitt

"Growing old is not growing up." – Douglas Horton

"I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me." – George Wald

"I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's something very front and center about being young." – Amy Grant

"I wouldn't be young again even if it were possible, but I am not going to pretend that growing old is all sweetness and light." – Ruth Rendell Young,

"You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly." – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

"The fact is I am growing old too fast, alas! I feel it, and yet work I will, and may God grant me life to see the last plate of my mammoth work finished." – John James Audubon

"When we age we shed many skins: ego, arrogance, dominance, pessimism, rudeness, selfish, uncaring … Wow, it's good to be old!" – Stephen Richards

"Combine nursing homes with nursery schools. Bring very old and very young together: they interest one another." – John Cage

"The people I've respected most in the industry over the years – Paul Newman, for instance. I just loved the way he handled growing old on-screen. It's understanding that you're now basically a character actor. Which is fine, but you have to pay attention to it." – George Clooney

"Growing old on screen is not for the faint of heart." – George Clooney

"The main fear about growing old as an actor is not losing the looks. I never had any to speak of, and what I had I've still got, but losing the memory is another matter." – Miriam Margolyes

"Quite a lot of our contemporary culture is actually shot through with a resentment of limits and the passage of time, anger at what we can't do, fear or even disgust at growing old." – Rowan Williams

"The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend." – Ed Koch

"My idea of growing old gracefully is probably different to other people's!" – Jane Goldman

"Growing old gracefully used to begin at about 35, but today women prefer to 'stay young gratefully' with thanks to designers, beauticians and plastic surgeons." – Edith Head Young,

"I had assumed that I would age with all my friends growing old around me, dying off very gradually one by one. And here was a plague that cut them off so early." – Thom Gunn

"I never thought I'd reach 21. I used to feel that was old, but growing old doesn't scare me anymore. I just want to have done something super special and have had someone to do it with." – Edward Furlong

Quotes About Age vs. Youth

You can't talk about aging without talking about youth. We always see age from opposite perspectives; old vs young, wise vs. naivety, beauty vs. decay, strength vs. frailty. However, age is not a black and white concept, and it's more than a number on a calendar. Their are positive and negative aspects to both youth and old age.

"Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made. Our times are in his hand who saith, 'A whole I planned, youth shows but half; Trust God: See all, nor be afraid!" – Robert Browning

"Youthful pleasures last until old age, and then they become old treasures." – Anthony T. Hincks

"Your youth is certainly finished and old age has definitely arrived if you feel that you are losing enthusiasm, excitement and energy towards your dreams and goals." – Amit Kalantri

"There is a fountain of youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age" – Sophia Loren

"We live in a youth-obsessed culture that is constantly trying to tell us that if we are not young, and we're not glowing, and we're not hot, that we don't matter. I refuse to let a system or a culture or a distorted view of reality tell me that I don't matter. I know that only by owning who and what you are can you start to step into the fullness of life. Every year should be teaching us all something valuable. Whether you get the lesson is really up to you." – Oprah Winfrey

"If you are pining for youth I think it produces a stereotypical old man because you only live in memory, you live in a place that doesn't exist. Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been." – David Bowie

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

"I have made a rule about such things, which I commend to you, young man: As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, DO IT." – Margaret Deland

"Don't try to be young. Just open your mind. Stay interested in stuff. There are so many things I won't live long enough to find out about, but I'm still curious about them. You know people who are already saying, 'I'm going to be 30—oh, what am I going to do?' Well, use that decade! Use them all!" – Betty White

"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." – Samuel Ullman

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young." – Henry Ford

"Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again." – Eleanor Roosevelt

"The good thing about being old is not being young." – Stephen Richards

Quotes About the Beauty of Aging

Beauty is important to us. Whilst young, we chase it relentlessly and take our own for granted. By the time our physical looks inevitably fade, we finally begin to understand that beauty comes from within, not from what we see in the mirror. Enjoy these quotes about the symbiotic relationship between age and the appreciation for true beauty.

"Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art" – Eleanor Roosevelt

"The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes." – Frank Lloyd Wright

"Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you." – Shannon L. Alder

"Today I am 65 years old. I still look good. I appreciate and enjoy my age. A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it. You still bring to bear all your prior experience, but you are riding on another level. It's completely liberating." – Nikki Giovanni

"At 50, everyone has the face he deserves." – George Orwell

"My face carries all my memories. Why would I erase them?" – Diane Von Furstenberg

"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been." – Mark Twain.

"Nature gives you the face you have at twenty, it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty." – Coco Chanel

Quotes About Death

We spend half our lives ignoring its existence, and the second half agonizing over its arrival. Much like beauty, it takes time for us to fully understand the depth and meaning of death. We shouldn't be afraid of the end, but rather joyful about the short time we are permitted to be on earth, and to share love with those around us who also get to experience it.

"Those who love deeply never grow old, they may die of old age, but they die young" – Ben Franklin

"I want to grow old without facelifts… I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I've made. Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you." – Marilyn Monroe

"It's very simple. As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you'd always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It's growth. It's more than the negative that you're going to die, it's also the positive that you understand you're going to die, and that you live a better life because of it." – Mitch Albom

"If you worry, you die. If you don't worry, you also die. So why worry?" – Mike Horn

"Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die." – Anonymous

"It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens." – Woody Allen

"I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather . . . not screaming and yelling like the passengers on his bus." – Anonymous

Quotes About Defining Age

What is aging? Is it simply the passage of time? The accrual of experience and change? As humans, we are obsessed with defining the world and learning more about the reasons behind our existence. Ultimately, besides death, aging is the most unifying experience of all of life. We may never fully comprehend the greater reality of aging and death, but these quotes can help us reconcile some of the questions within our hearts and help us move forward with hope and love.

"When you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you…If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster. That's the ultimate test of how you have lived your life." —Warren Buffett

"There are six myths about old age: 1. That it's a disease, a disaster. 2. That we are mindless. 3. That we are sexless. 4. That we are useless. 5. That we are powerless. 6. That we are all alike." – Maggie Kuhn

"Do not deprive me of my age. I have earned it." – May Sarton

"You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real." – Victoria Abril

"Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever." – Walt Disney

"The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis." – Leon Edel

"At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don't care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven't been thinking of us at all." – Ann Landers

"What most people fear when they think of old age is the inability to make new friends. If one ever had the faculty of making friends one never loses it however old one grows. Next to love friendship, in my opinion, is the most valuable thing life has to offer." – Henry Miller

"Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age." – Aristotle

"It's [old age] not a surprise, we knew it was coming – make the most of it. So you may not be as fast on your feet, and the image in your mirror may be a little disappointing, but if you are still functioning and not in pain, gratitude should be the name of the game." – Betty White

"People don't love each other at our age, Marthe—they please each other, that's all. Later on, when you're old and impotent, you can love someone. At our age, you just think you do. That's all it is." – Albert Camus

"Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age." – Christopher Morley

"Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age." – Vera Nazarian

"I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don't have to." – Albert Einstein

"Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn't want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know; your bank account of knowledge is much richer." – William Holden

"When it comes to aging, we're held to a different standard than men. Some guy said to me: 'Don't you think you're too old to sing rock n' roll?' I said: 'You'd better check with Mick Jagger'." – Cher

Quotes About Being Old

Finally being labelled as "old" can be positive or negative for different people. As a subjective term, we have to keep our minds and hearts open to an ephemeral definition for constitutes being old, and what separates the old from the young, in mind and in body. Share some of these great quotes about getting old!

"The truth is I'm getting old, I said. We already are old, she said with a sigh. What happens is that you don't feel it on the inside, but from the outside everybody can see it." – Gabriel García Márquez

"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." – John Barrymore

"You're never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream." – C.S. Lewis

"None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm." – Henry David Thoreau

"To all, I would say how mistaken they are when they think that they stop falling in love when they grow old, without knowing that they grow old when they stop falling in love." – Gabriel García Márquez

"It is lovely to meet an old person whose face is deeply lined, a face that has been deeply inhabited, to look in the eyes and find light there." – John O'Donohue

"As you get older; you've probably noticed that you tend to forget things. You'll be talking with somebody at a party, and you'll know that you know this person, but no matter how hard you try, you can't remember his or her name. This can be very embarrassing, especially if he or she turns out to be your spouse." – Dave Barry

"It's paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone." – Andy Rooney

"In fact, looking back, it seems to me that I was clueless until was about 50 years old" – Nora Ephron

"The great secret that old people share is that you really haven't changed in 70 or 80 years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all." – Doris Lessing

"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

"We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing." – George Bernard Shaw

Quotes About Aging and Wisdom

When most people bring up Wisdom, the most common associated terms are those such as experience and age. Even the owl, the animal most associated with wisdom exhibits traits associated with old age such as watchfulness, serenity, and the tempered maintenance of years and years of accrued experience. Or maybe it's all in the eyes. Read and share these quotes about wisdom in old age.

"You can live to be a hundred if you give up all things that make you want to live to be a hundred." – Woody Allen

"Wisdom is the reward for surviving our own stupidity." – Brian Rathbone

"Instead of possibilities, I have realities in my past, not only the reality of work done and of love loved, but of sufferings bravely suffered. These sufferings are even the things of which I am most proud, though these are things which cannot inspire envy." – Viktor E. Frankl

"It's Not the Years in Your Life That Count. It's the Life in Your Years." – Abraham Lincoln

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." – Woody Allen

"If you spend all your time worrying about dying, living isn't going to be much fun." – Anonymous

"Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened." – Theodor Seuss Geisel

"Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon." – Susan Ertz

"All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing." – Maurice Maeterlinck

"I delight in the past." – Henri Matisse

"And this is the strangest of all paradoxes of the human adventure; we live inside all experience, but we are permitted to bear witness only to the outside. Such is the riddle of life and the story of the passing of our days." – Howard Thurman

Next Steps

Let these inspirational quotes about aging motivate you the next time you're feeling run-down or stretched too thin. If you're looking for more senior living blogs and resources, make sure to read our informative blogs every week. They will provide answers to many senior living topics. If your thinking it may be time for your loved one to move into senior living communities, think Landmark Senior Living. People. Passion. Purpose. That's our mantra, and we live by it every day.

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