Quotes About Aging

Filho caríssimo de Egeu: somente os deuses fogem aos males da velhice e aos da morte; o tempo onipotente abate tudo mais; decai a força da terra, decai o corpo; a lealdade finda e floresce a perfídia e tanto entre os amigos quanto entre as cidades não prevalece para sempre o mesmo ânimo; agora para uns, amanhã para outros, cede a doçura seu lugar ao amargor e depois volta a transformar-se em amizade

Once you are born in this world you're old enough to die.

As long as possible, I would really like to complete one marathon per year. Though my time has been slowing down as I get older, it has become a very important part of my life.

Aging does not need to be hidden or denied, but can be understood, affirmed and experienced as a process of growth by which the mystery of life is slowly revealed to us.

My father lived to be 97 and played bridge every day up to the end, so I've got a 50 percent chance of living a long life like him.

I have resolved to pick one novel and just read it over and over again for the rest of my life, because I cannot remember anything anymore.

I just think its the changes that age brings. You slow down a little bit ... the writers are smart enough to write all those changes that life gives you.

Cultivate your sense of humour. On life's journey from nappy rash to denture adhesive, humour is a great pain reliever.

You may be old, you may be in your third act, but you can still be vital and sexual and funny. Life isn't over.

Shortly after I turned 50, both Ted Turner and the AARP came into my life. The only difference? With AARP, there were benefits.

It's just what people do when they're getting old, when they're sick of themselves and their life; they think of money and take care of themselves.

I remember when I was 33 or 34, it was devastating because I realized I wasn't a kid anymore. The great thing about 40 was that I really felt like I had life experience and knew what I was doing now.

Either the Baby Boomers are not going to have the retirement life that they expect or taxpayers are going to be hit with a tremendously huge bill. Or both.

I'm not dead yet, just in a state of rapid decay, who isn't?

Morning seems to come earlier every year I live.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party when the masks are dropped.

I've had old people in my life that I really loved - especially women - so I'm not scared about getting old. It's what's inside that makes us beautiful on the outside.

Good looks are not something you earn. But as you get older, how you look is a reflection of the life you've led.

The key to the future in an aging society is not found in increasing just our life span we need to increase our health span at the same time.

Four years in the White House and two presidential campaigns is an awful long time. In politics, every year in the White House is like dog years, six years off your life.

No matter how hard it is to see kid tears, grown-up tears are worse to watch.

Help your fatherAs he ages And loses his strengthFor it was he who sheltered youAnd protected you from the stormsKhoiSan Book of Wisdom

The only way that getting older can be a bad thing is if you are not fully living in the moment now.