Age & Growing Older Quotes
Quotes on ageing gracefully and the gifts of every year. This hand-picked collection brings together 30 of the finest age & growing older quotes ever written — from Mark Twain, German Proverb, Irish Blessing and other great voices. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
The oldest trees often bear the sweetest fruit.
May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Husbands are like wine; they take a long time to mature.
The years teach much which the days never know.
The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
I intend to live forever, or die trying.
Youth is like a long weekend on Friday night. Middle age is like a long weekend on Monday afternoon.
Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.
To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.
In youth we learn; in age we understand.
Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young, nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old.
Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.
You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
Grow old with me, the best is yet to be.
Today you are the oldest you have ever been and the youngest you will ever be again. Make the most of it!
The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply.
Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional. Happy birthday!