Top 101 Age Quotes

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Getting older is just a part of life. Everyone goes through it. Some people don’t look forward to it. However, you don’t have to be one of them. With that in mind, check out the top 101 age quotes.

#101 – 90. Age Quotes

101. As woman, we tend not to like to think about aging. We falsely believe that as we age our beauty is going to diminish, yet nothing could be further from the truth. Jane Moore

100. I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. Francis Bacon

99. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. Franz Kafka

98. Age doesn’t matter here. None of them show signs of defeat. Those old couples found love’s true meaning. The Duke of Quails

97. Sometimes, people use age as a convenient excuse. ‘I’m to old too start something new’, or, ‘I couldn’t learn that at my age.’ Other people, though, go on to achieve their greatest accomplishments in life in later years. Catherine Pulsifer

96. Life isn’t about your age. Life is about living. So when your birthday comes be thankful for the year that has just past and anticipate with a happy heart what the coming year will bring. Catherine Pulsifer

95. Age carries all things away even the mind. Publius Vergilius Maro Virgil

94. The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation. Benjamin Disraeli

93. Age is no guarantee of maturity. Lawana Blackwell

92. I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man’s milk and restorative cordial. Thomas Jefferson

91. Watching others age seems more gradual, while our own shift is jarring. Vivian Diller, PH, D.

90. Growing older can zap our energy, change our perspective, and challenge our stability. Yet the longing to make a difference in the ones we love lingers, like the fragrance in a home when a sweet candle’s flame has been extinguished. Rebecca Barlow Jordan

#89 – 80. Age Quotes

89. However, aging is the natural consequence of being alive. It happens to every cell in our bodies – and to every other body on the planet. Every living thing gets older. Liisa Kyle

88. Age is like love, it cannot be hid. Thomas Dekker

87. The ideas we internalized in our youth do not go away just because we are the ones who are aging. Rachel Cowan

86. In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber.  So long as it receives a message of beauty, hope, cheer, and courage – so long are you young.  When the wires are all down and our heart is covered with the snow of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and only then, are you grown old.  Douglas MacArthur

85. Yes, Christmas is for children – except that children grow up to be adults who just might love Christmas as much as they did in their younger years. Cherie Lowe

84. We must both, I’m afraid, recognise that, as we grow older, we become like old cars – more and more repairs and replacements are necessary. C. S. Lewis

83. But our ‘childish’ hopes and dreams for something more never really leave us. In fact, getting older can be an ironic catalyst for bringing some of those neglected longings out of the woodwork. Simeon Lindstrom

82. Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. C.E.M. Joad

81. Age is information failure. The body loses fluency. Jeanette Winterson

80. Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.  Ben Franklin

#79 – 70. Age Quotes

79. To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth. Pearl S. Buck

78. People say that age is just a state of mind. I say it’s more about the state of your body. Geoffrey Parfitt

77. Aging does not necessarily mean letting go of your dreams just because you think you are no longer able to reach them. Susie Harper

76. I believe we can keep ourselves young by surrounding ourselves with things that make us feel young. David DeNotaris

75. The surest sign of age is loneliness. Amos Bronson Alcott

74. Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. Tom Wilson

73. Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are. Muhammad Ali

72. Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

71. Youth teaches, age puts what we have learned into practice, teaching us wisdom. Catherine Pulsifer

70. Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least, get out of the way so you won’t get run over. Miriam Makeba

#69 – 60. Age Quotes

69. I suppose real old age begins when one looks backward rather than forward.  Mary Sarton

68. There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes.  Dr. Who

67. A human being would certainly not grow to be 70 or 80 years old if this longevity had no meaning for the species to which he belongs. The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life’s morning.  Carl Jung

66. Aging only happens to people who lose their lust for getting better and disconnect from their natural base of curiosity. Robin Sharma

65. Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week. Maggie Kuhn

64. Every year should teach you something valuable; whether you get the lesson is up to you. Every year brings you closer to expressing your whole and healed self.   Oprah Winfrey

63. We count by changes and events within us. Not by years. Charles Dickens

62. Then that same confident and mature high school graduate will be a very different person when they graduate college than when they entered. Four years can make a big difference in maturity. Lee Binz

61. Children are a great comfort in your old age – and they help you reach it faster, too. Lionel Kauffman

60. Age does not matter if the matter does not age. Carlos P. Romulo

#59 – 50. Age Quotes

59. I believe the true function of age is memory. I’m recording as fast as I can. Rita Mae Brown

58. I guess the older we get, the more we want to be younger. Well, maybe not really young but at the age where we are more carefree and vibrant. But, while we cannot turn back the clock, we can turn back our mind and do a number of things differently that will make you think and feel younger. Byron Pulsifer

57. Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind. Jackie Joyner-Kersee

56. Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow up. Tryon Edwards

55. Old age is one of those things that you fight and work hard to do everything the commercials on television and the magazine in the beauty parlor say to do so it doesn’t happen. Annie Keys

54. Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age. Anais Nin

53. Young people, from lack of experience, are often puzzled over the future. Bill Calhoun

52. Great success can be derived from the unquenchable desire to grow, mature, and improve when people are doing things they are passionate about. Ella Marie

51. We can discover life’s secrets at any age, and the sooner we discover them, the more fulfilling our life will be. John Izzo, Ph D.

50. Age—happens. No matter how much money you spend in damage control, how healthy you eat, or what vitamins you take, age—happens. Annie Keys

#49 – 40. Age Quotes

49. Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly. Miriam Makeba

48. Aging, at all phases of life, means leaving behind one stage to move on to another. Vivian Diller, PH, D.

47. Age does not make us childish, as some say it only finds us true children still. Johann Von Goethe

46. Age is a matter of feeling…not of years. George William Curtis

45. A man that is young in years, may be old in hours, if he have lost no time. But that happeneth rarely. Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well as in ages. Francis Bacon

44. Age is a very high price to pay for maturity. Paulo Coelho

43. Once we hit a certain age, growing older becomes just a number. We start to dread when a birthday comes, we want to be much younger. Catherine Pulsifer

42. Age is opportunity no less, Than youth itself, through in another dress. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

41. 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

40. The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts and we grow happier as we grow older. William Lyon Phelps

#39 – 30. Age Quotes

39. We are not victims of aging, sickness, and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being.  Deepak Chopra

38. Aging is a natural part of life and brings many changes to and for each of us. Many of these changes happen gradually over time and may go unnoticed until they reach a certain point where we become aware of them and can no longer deny them. Nina W. Brown

37. An Aging Mind – People think I know more than I do because I’m older than when they didn’t think I knew as much as I did. Ariele M. Huff

36. Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. Mark Twain

35. Age is like the newest version of a software it has a bunch of great new features but you lost all the cool features the original version had. Carrie Latet

34. In youth we learn; in age we understand. Ebner-Eschenbach

33. Age swallows our childhood. Terri Guillemets

32. The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift. Joel Osteen

31. The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.   Frank Lloyd Wright

30. I believe the second half of one’s life is meant to be better than the first half. The first half is finding out how you do it. And the second half is enjoying it.  Frances Lear

#29 – 20. Age Quotes

29. For Age is not alone of time, or we should never see men old and bent at forty and men young at seventy-three. Edgar A Guest

28. Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy. Francis Bacon

27. I’ve always said that I will never let an old person into my body. That is, I don’t believe in ‘thinking’ old. Don’t program yourself to break down as you age with thoughts that decline is inevitable.  Wayne Dyer

26. Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth. J. K. Rowling

25. Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character. Ralph B. Perry

24. Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind. Jackie Joyner-Kersee

23. Remember though that age is not to be feared You are just achieving your prime. Catherine Pulsifer

22. I will not hold my opponent’s youthful inexperience against him. Ronald Reagan

21. Time is a precious commodity. If you have not been enlightened to this actuality in your youth, you most certainly will in old age.  Adam Jacobs

20. You have to remember that in this day and age, older people are becoming more sedentary in their lifestyles and that in itself encourages the onset of ailments that they could have otherwise avoided. James Carmen

#19 – 10. Age Quotes

19. Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us. Orison Swett Marden

18. Know that you are the perfect age. Each year is special and precious, for you shall only live it once. Be comfortable with growing older.  Louise Hay

17. 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

16. Age…Is a matter of feeling, not of years. George W. Curtis

15. Keep this in mind, graduation can take place at any age and it can certainly happen more than once in your lifetime. Mike Finley

14. Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. Groucho Marx

13. For the unlearned, old age is winter; for the learned, it is the season of the harvest.   Hasidic saying

12. Your 40s are good, Your 50s are great, Your 60s are fab.  And 70 is f*@king awesome!  Helen Mirren

11. One of the reasons people get old—lose their aliveness—is that they get weighed down by all of their stuff. Richard Leider

10. Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.  Abraham Lincoln

#9 – 1. Age Quotes

9. In the continuum between our youth and old age a lot of ‘stuff’ happened, some good, some bad, some life changing, some life stealing, some painful, some joyful, some memorable. Rick Steiner Ph.D.

8. Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. Mark Twain

7. Each passing year sees changes in our world, our society, but we also change and grow up to appreciate the value of each day of every New Year. Kate Summers

6. A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright. Lucille Ball

5. To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure. Ben Jonson

4. It annoys me when people say, ‘Even if you’re old, you can be young at heart!’ Hiding inside this well-meaning phrase is a deep cultural assumption that old is bad and young is good. What’s wrong with being old at heart, I’d like to know? Wouldn’t you like to be loved by people whose hearts have practiced loving for a long time?  Susan Moon

3. The years teach much which the days never know. Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing. George Bernard Shaw

1. Sometimes age succeeds, sometimes it fails. It depends on you. Ravensara Noite

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