What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.
MemoriesWilliam Somerset MaughamThere is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.
WisdomKenny RogersAge is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.
Jackie Joyner-KerseeAge is just a number. Life and aging are the greatest gifts that we could possibly ever have.
LifeCicely TysonSo many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun. You should stay a kid as long as possible!
Children & ChildhoodVanessa HudgensThis country has a complex about age. It's unbelievable. If you're over thirty, you've had it in this country.
Eli Wallach (Amercian)I'm beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82.
Dave BrubeckThe great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.
MemoriesMadeleine L'EngleI love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
Oliver GoldsmithAnother belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
Margaret AtwoodWhen you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do.
MotivationGrace SlickThe older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.
Self-ConfidenceWinona RyderYou've got to grow up sometime.
Winona RyderIn youth, the days are short and the years are long. In old age, the years are short and days long.
Pope Paul VIIf I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
Mickey MantleThere is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.
BirthdayP. G. WodehouseEvery age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.
Brigitte BardotI don't mind getting older. I'm enjoying not having that raging ambition I've had all my life.
AmbitionJeremy IronsTime scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.
Alan LaddMiddle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.
Bob HopeThat's another great thing about getting older. Your life is written on your face.
Frances McDormandWhether it's 18 years old or 40 years old, we think we know what's going on. But if you're lucky enough to continue the journey, its amazing how we keep learning how much we didn't know.
ExperienceJoe NamathA child who does not play is not a child, but the man who doesn't play has lost forever the child who lived in him and who he will miss terribly.
Children & ChildhoodPablo NerudaEvery old goalkeeper loses a step at some point, but you can gain that back through experience.
Experience, Football/SoccerTim HowardOld age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.
David MametThe person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.
Life, ExperienceJean-Jacques RousseauYou know, I've got wrinkles on my forehead and smile lines, but what's wrong with that? I love to smile.
Laughing & Smile, BirthdayJennifer AnistonWhen you mature, you also get more secure about yourself. You see things differently.
Self-ConfidenceAna IvanovicI think I've never stopped feeling like a kid.
Stan LeeI think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that. Don't rush into adulthood, it isn't all that much fun.
Children & Childhood, BirthdayBob NewhartFor years I have been mourning and not for my dead, it is for this boy for whatever corner in my heart died when his childhood slid out of my arms.
Children & ChildhoodWilliam GibsonThe age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
Women, BirthdayRalph Waldo EmersonThe secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
BirthdayLucille BallFrom age 16 to age 20, a woman's body is a temple. From 21 to 45, it's an amusement park. From 45 on, it's a terrarium.
WomenGina BarrecaMemory is the first casualty of middle age, if I remember correctly.
Memories, BirthdayCandice Bergen