Achievement Quote by Cecelia Ahern

How presumptuous they had both been never to consider growing old as an achievement and a challenge. Aging was something they'd both wanted so…

— Anonymous

“Growing old seemed to be full of never-again moments.”

— Kaje Harper

“They had all grown older, but he still did not feel he had wisdom to go with his aging.”

— Michael Ondaatje

“You have to get older. Growing up is negotiable.”

— Rob Harrell

“If nothing else, I have learned that aging has nothing to do with the accumulation of years. Aging is the inevitable defeat of parents…

— Jean Sasson

“Growing old is inevitable, growing up is not.”

— C.M. Gray

“It’s hard to have done all one’s growing up since 33 — but that’s a damn sight better than not growing up at all.”

— H.P. Lovecraft

“One never bothers to think about growing old as one is growing older. Then suddenly it is there, looming in your face.”

— Mercedes Lackey

“The tragedy of being old is you can no longer apply what has taken you so long to learn.”

— Jonathan Carroll

“Old was NOT one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up!!”

— Jim Glynn

“They both have in common their conviction that they are still learning, still growing, when in fact they have long ago lost that ability.”

— Ally Condie

“Everyone got older but forgot to grow up.”

— Cecil Castellucci