Quotes About Aging

the experience of aging is itself a doorway to spiritual practice, one that transcends any particular religion or faith.

As everything ages and passes away, may each of us be kind to ourselves; As everything ages and passes away, may each of us accept joy and sorrow; As everything ages and passes away, may each of us be happy and at peace.

the reason we meditate is to enjoy our old age.

You feel a sense of urgency, especially at my advanced age, when you're staring into the grave.

Home-health and personal-care work is one of the country's fastest-growing occupational sectors. But it is one marked by low pay and meager benefits, a problem that might become more urgent as the U.S.'s population continues to age.

Now we're here in 2009. My boys are 16 and 18, one's going to USC film school, and the other seems to be a natural comedian. So now I have to go back into show business as a senior comedian. So I hope to get Walter Brennan-type roles, Gabby Hayes kind of stuff, be the old-timer. We'll see what happens.

There's an old rule in neuroscience that does not alter with age: use it or lose it. It is a very hopeful principle when applied to critical thought in the reading brain because it implies choice.

The older I get the better I used to be!

We can change our lives for the better, and always have. We used to think pain during surgery and dying during childbirth were inevitable. We no longer accept that, and we shouldn't just accept aging.

As I get older, I tend to put more into family than I used to.

When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.

One of the things I miss most is that I can no longer read, due to age-related macular degeneration. I get regular injections for this, and thankfully these seem to have arrested its progress, but it's still very difficult for me to read. That means it is hard for me to pick up my Bible and read it like I used to, and I miss that very much.

It will be useful for you to know your biological age and maybe to change your lifestyle habits if you find you have short telomeres.

I don't want to give up living, because I enjoy it so much, and I love working - I don't expect I'll ever have to stop. But Alzheimer's or something like that would render me pretty useless.

That'll be my claim to fame: My grandmother-in-law is the oldest iPad user!

In any given project, there are a few moments where there is the usual disappointment, as it were, when you look in the mirror, and you realize you're not 23 and looking like Brad Pitt.

My mother, who was quite sharp when I was young, became utterly mild.

I completely think of myself as sexual. Completely and utterly. Probably more so than I did when I was 30. I don't know why. I'm very comfortable with how I look. I'm absolutely committed to never having anything done to my face. I would never let anyone near me with a Botox needle.

As you get older, the summer is less of a vacation and more of a training period by yourself away from the team. It's exciting for me. I felt like I've been really getting better as far as my conditioning every single season as I get older.

I'm not one of those guys who is going to dye his beard. I'm not that vain.

I'm as vain as the next person, but I've made so much fun of myself over the years, and that's very salutary as you grow older.

As you get older, you become more vain. But as your looks slowly deteriorate, your eyesight worsens, so it all balances out.

I love my mother and father. The older I get, the more I value everything that they gave me.

Too many of the elderly do not have the family or the communal attachments necessary to feel valued; too many are widowed or otherwise alone; too many live in surroundings where they are essentially without the companionship necessary to stimulate a mind in danger of deteriorating.