Age Quote by Margaret Deland

This we take it is the grand characteristic of our age. By our skill in Mechanism, it has come to pass, that in the…

— Thomas Carlyle

“Whatever period of life we are in is good only to the extent that we make use of it, that we live it to…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“To feel, and think, and learn—learn always: surely that is being alive and young in the real sense. And most people seem to want…

— Jane Fletcher Geniesse

“Education comes from living life, following passions, accessing information, observing, reflecting, and being inspired by wise and courageous elders in the community.”

— Claire Aumonier

“There comes a point in life where each one of us who survives begins to feel like a ghost that has forgotten to die…

— Louis de Bernières

Middle age is Janus-faced. As we look back on our accomplishments and our failures to achieve the things we wanted, we look ahead to…

— Stanley H Cath

“On differing perspectives: "At birth, we're yanked from a warm, safe place and thrust into a world we have no way of comprehending. Childhood…

— Rick Reynolds

We must develop a compelling vision of later life: one that does not assume a trajectory of decline after fifty, but one that recognizes…

— Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

“There comes a time in one’s life, perhaps in middle age, when we stop and assess who we are, and the life we have.”

— Fennel Hudson

“Near the end of our lives, many of us struggle to move beyond the death of our dreams, beyond how we have been wounded…

— Ronald Rolheiser

“Middle age is such a low point for well-being; it's at the bottom of a U-shaped curve that shows greater happiness among the younger…

— Jed Diamond

“The majority of men in every generation, even those who, as it is described, devote themselves to thinking, live and die under the impression…

— Søren Kierkegaard