Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art. – Stanislaw Lec
There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone but, years after, we know it was much later. – Mignon McLaughlin
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form. – Andre Maurois
As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost. – Margaret Mead
Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength. – Betty Friedan
Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought. – Emily Dickinson
Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor. – Euripides
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen. – Brigitte Bardot
You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned. – Judith Viorst
My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two 20s. – Warren Beatty
As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage. – Frances Conroy
Age is how we determine how valuable you are. – Jane Elliot
I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry. – Josh Billings
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age. – Amos Bronson Alcott
Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week. – Louis Kronenberger
I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children. – Sting
What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease. – Jean Paul
Old age is a shipwreck. – Charles de Gaulle
While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be. – Amos Bronson Alcott
To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love. – Alan Bleasdale
