Aging Quotes

Sometimes it only takes a few tiny word, words of humor or wisdom from someone who has "been there, done that" to turn around your mindset. I hope you find one tiny Aging nugget that just rocks your day!

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Possibly my favorite aging quote is from Bette Davis...
Old age ain't no place for sissies. — Bette Davis

The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened. — Mark Twain

You know you're old when you stoop to tie your shoes and wonder what else you do while you're down there. — George Burns

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. — John Barrymore

Now that I'm over sixty, I'm veering toward respectability. — Shelley Winters

A man's as old as he's feeling, a woman as old as she looks. — Mortimer Collins

To lengthen thy life [and thy retirement years], lessen thy meals. — Ben Franklin

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever. — Don Marquis

You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old. — George Burns

Growing old is compulsory. Retirement from work is discretionary. — Unknown wise person

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man. — Leon Trotsky

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world. — Helena Rubinstein

Old age ain't no place for sissies. — Bette Davis

Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. — Mark Twain

Wish not so much to live long, as to live well. — Ben Franklin

The trick is growing up without growing old. — Casey Stengel

Age only matters when one is aging. Now that I have arrived at a great age, I might just as well be twenty. — Pablo Picasso

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. — Abraham Lincoln

Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal. — Ben Franklin

I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap. — Bob Hope

I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table. — Rodney Dangerfield

I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere. — George Burns

If you survivie long enough, you're revered — rather like an old building. — Katharine Hepburn

I don't plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet. – Rita Rudner

He who has good health is young. — H.G. Bohn

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 now, we don't know where the hell she is. — Ellen DeGeneris

If I would have known that I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.— The Joy of Not Working book Inside every 70-year-old is a 35-year-old asking, 'What happened?' – Ann Landers

Always be nice to your children, because they are the ones who will choose your rest home. – Phyllis Diller

From birth to age 18, a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35, she needs good looks. From 35 to 55, she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash. – Sophie Tucker

Retirement must be wonderful. I mean, you can suck in your stomach for only so long. – Burt Reynolds

Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. – Douglas MacArthur

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. – Lucille Ball

I just don't think of age and time in respect of years. I have too much experience of people in their seventies who are vigorous and useful and people who are thirty-five who are in lousy physical shape and can't think straight. I don't think age has that much to do with it. – Harrison Ford

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