We had yet to learn that the Devil created youth so that we could make our mistakes, and that God established maturity… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“don’t say you’se ole. You’se uh lil girl baby all de time. God made it so you spent yo’ ole age first… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
“These were young people having their fun. Old age comes quickly. If you don’t enjoy life at that time, you will never… — Xavior Romearo-Frias Copy Share Image
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? And we said unto my lord, We have a… — Bible Copy Share Image
“There was already something dead about him. He didn’t rear back in his knees any longer. He squatted over his ankles when… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
While I am in this world, I am resolved that no vexation shall put me out of temper if I can possibly… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
“Yes, our old age is not going to be sunny orchard drowse. By shutting down the fire curtain, though, I find I… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
“There was once a bunny who lived by the ocean. Every day he would stroll along the beach and pick up thoughts… — Tom Hoffman Copy Share Image
“But the disastrous walk reminded me that I had reached an age where only careful planning and a steady eye would keep… — Lynn Darling Copy Share Image
“For The Fallen" With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In the old age black was not counted fair, Or if it were, it bore not beauty’s name. But now is black… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart; his passport shall be made, And crowns for convoy put into… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“As his hero and heroine pass the matrimonial barrier, the novelist generally drops the curtain, as if the drama were over then:… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
We are at that very point in time when a 400-year-old age is dying and another is struggling to be born -… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
“[You for] the fragrant-blossomed Muses’ lovely gifts [be zealous,] girls, [and the] clear melodious lyre: [but my once tender] body old age… — Sappho Copy Share Image
Distinctly different as a child, as an adolescent, in his prime and in his old age, man considers himself as one, not… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
We hold the moral obligation of providing for old age, helpless infancy, and poverty is far superior to that of supplying the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Education is the food of youth, the delight of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity, and… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“Moving is both liberating and debilitating. Undertaken too late, it is a very stressful process, one that sometimes seems to catapult people… — Mary Catherine Bateson Copy Share Image
“Listen: I don't have anything against autobiographies, so long as the writer has a penis that's twelve inches long when erect. So… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
You couldn't get hold of the things you'd done and turn them right again. Such a power might be given to the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“It was funny, in her old age, to look back and see for how short a period her nest had NOT been… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
The poet's body even is not fed like other men's, but he sometimes tastes the genuine nectar and ambrosia of the gods,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The trouble is, old age is not interesting until one gets there. It's a foreign country with an unknown language to the… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
“I don't see why there should be a point where everyone decides you're too old. I'm not too old, and until I… — Lemmy Kilmister Copy Share Image
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At… — John Ringo Copy Share Image
Human beings can be beautiful. If they are not beautiful it is entirely their own fault. It is what they do to… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
We spend our lives on the run: we get up by the clock, eat and sleep by the clock, get up again,… — Dave Allen Copy Share Image
It was a standard fantasy when you fell in love to imagine you could go back in time and find your beloved… — Norman Rush Copy Share Image
“He had given Cosette a dress of Binche lace that had come down to him from his own grandmother. “These fashions have… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“And everyone would climb the stairs chuckling to their rooms and dream of aces and knaves and a supply of trumps that… — J.G. Farrell Copy Share Image
I didn't fear old age. I was just becoming increasingly aware of the fact that the only people who said old age… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
“That's the thing about people you loved. They disappeared on you. I didn't know much at the ripe old age of fifteen… — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
“Billy Meredith is the oldest player ever to represent the club. He appeared for the club at the ripe old age of… — Chris Carpenter Copy Share Image
While strength and years permit, endure labor; soon bent old age will come with silent foot. [Lat., Dum vires annique sinunt, tolerate… — Ovid Copy Share Image
Scripture is filled with examples of men and women whom God used late in life, often with great impact - men and… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“Her face was plastered with layers of powder and looked like a face of stone. And with her noble profile, she seemed,… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
A graceful and blessed old age must have three elements in it: a happy retrospect, a peaceful present, and an inspiring future.… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
![“[You for] the fragrant-blossomed Muses’ lovely gifts [be zealous,] girls, [and the] clear melodious lyre: [but my once tender] body old age now [has seized;] my hair’s turned [white] instead of dark; my heart’s grown heavy, my knees will not support me, that once on a time were fleet for the dance…” quote by Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/766/sappho-4562_old-age_you-for-the-fragrant-blossomed-muses-lov_1015183.jpg)
![“Moving is both liberating and debilitating. Undertaken too late, it is a very stressful process, one that sometimes seems to catapult people into frail old age, and undertaken too soon, it may preempt other possibilities. [p. 38]” quote by Mary Catherine Bateson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d68/mary-catherine-bateson-11582_age_moving-is-both-liberating-and-debilitati_277245.jpg)
![“While strength and years permit, endure labor; soon bent old age will come with silent foot. [Lat., Dum vires annique sinunt, tolerate labores. Jam veniet tacito curva senecta pede.]” quote by Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6e1/ovid-276_age_while-strength-and-years-permit-endure-l_2293749.jpg)
