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You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
?UnattributedOften credited to C. S. Lewis
Whenever a man’s friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.
Washington Irving1783–1859Often credited to Victor Hugo
Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.1809–1894
My mental hands were empty, and I felt I must do something as a counterirritant or antibody to my hysterical alarm at getting married at the age of 43.
Ian Fleming1908–1964
- Marriage
Critics who treat ‘adult’ as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963“On Three Ways of Writing for Children” (1952); in Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories (1967), p. 25
One of the most responsible things you can do as an adult is to become more of a child.
Wayne Dyer1940–2015
You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute. You are avenged 1440 times a day.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914
- Women
Life’s Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
Aristotle384–322 BC
- Youth
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Mark Twain1835–1910Following the Equator (1897), Ch. 52, Pudd’nhead Wilson’s New Calendar.
Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.
Christopher Morley1890–1957
- Happiness
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Walden (1854)In context
- Youth
You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
Bob Hope1903–2003
Half of maturity consists of knowing when and how to be immature.
CBChris Bowyer
I guess I don’t so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790