Ageism Quotes Ageism quotes deal with growing old, which IS a wonderful thing if done right. Sometimes I get scared of growing old and then I think about all the adventures, love, and learning experiences still ahead of me. Life is an adventure and growing older is a part of that.
The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. -Frank Lloyd Wright I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you. You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength. There is no old age. There is, as there always was, just you. In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways. Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death. Though it sounds absurd, it is true to say I felt younger at sixty than I felt at twenty. It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides. To resist the frigidity of old age one must combine the body, the mind and the heart - and to keep them in parallel vigor one must exercise, study and love. The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists in the circulation of their blood. I never feel age...If you have creative work, you don't have age or time. The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to. Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest. Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternatives. You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing. Age is…wisdom, if one has lived one's life properly. Miriam He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden. As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did. Robert To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age. When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully. Back to top of Ageism Quotes page Back to Inspirational quotes categories Back to homepage
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