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15062 Old quotes by 7634 unique authors

Old gardeners never die; they just very slowly turn into the most magnificent compost. But what a marvellous, active brew it is! — Peter Cundall
I believe love is what makes the world go round. No matter how old or young, love is why we are here. It is the… — Olivia Newton-John
Old age is an ordeal, of flesh and mind. Of winding down, of slowing down, of dying cells. It's accepting the loss of physical attractiveness… — Colleen McCullough
Wisdom can see the red, the rose, the stained and sculptured curve of grey, the charcoal scars of fire, and see around that living tower… — Judith Wright
Mourn not for the vanished ages with their grand, heroic men, who dwell in history's pages and live in the poets pen for the grandest… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Life, sometimes so wearying is worth its weight in gold the experience of traveling lends a wisdom that is old. — John McLeod
Life is short. I'm years old. I've got years to go where I can be the best I can be. I want those years to… — Jean-Claude Van Damme
The lives of people are like young trees in a forest. They are being choked by climbing vines. The vines are old thoughts and beliefs… — Sherwood Anderson
Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to… — Black Elk
Nothing goes to waste, you put it all to use, the old wounds and long-ago slights become the stuff of competitive energy. — Lance Armstrong
You know you are old when you've lost your marvels. — Mary Browne
I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beechtree, or a yellow birch, or an old… — Henry David Thoreau
It's a funny old world. A man's lucky if he gets out of it alive. — W.C. Fields
I'm about being funny. If I can make a joke using profanity, I will. But for the most part, that can get awfully old and… — Howard Stern
Such is the depth of the Christian Scriptures, that even if I were attempting to study them and nothing else from early boyhood to decrepit… — Richard Baxter
Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless. — Luc de Clapiers
Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending. — Anne Bradstreet
I grow old learning something new every day. — Solon
There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game. — Pete Rose
Rapidity does not always mean progress, and hurry is akin to waste. The old fable of the hare and the tortoise is just as good… — Charles Warren Stoddard
I love the chill October days, when the brown leaves lie thick and sodden underneath your feet ... the evenings in late autumn time, when… — Jerome K. Jerome
Old-fashioned, Spirit-filled, Christ-honoring, sin-hating, soul-winning, Bible-preaching. It is the hope of the church. It is the hope of the nation. It is the hope of… — Jack Hyles
There is immunity in reading, immunity in formal society, in office routine, in the company of old friends and in the giving of officious help… — Cyril Connolly
My dad encouraged me to quit my job and pursue the life that I am about to have. He got excited with me. He was… — Daniel Pearce
The old saying of work hard, play hard really works for me. For me it's all about focus. To get the Fire Starter Sessions digital… — Danielle LaPorte

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