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Quotes

The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully. — Eric Hoffer

Age has extremely little to do with anything that matters. The difference between one age and another is, as a rule, enormously exaggerated. — Rose McCaulay

Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind. — Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. — Franz Kafka

The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you’re learning you’re not old. — Rosalyn S. Yalow

The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been. — Madeleine L’Engle

I believe the second half of one’s life is meant to be better than the first half. The first half is finding out how you do it. And the second half is enjoying it. — Frances Lear

Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. — Douglas MacArthur

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. — George Bernard Shaw

And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years. — Abraham Lincoln

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.  — Lucille Ball

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.  — John Lennon

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.  — Eleanor Roosevelt

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. –Albert Schweitzer

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. — Norman Vincent Peale

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. — Thomas A. Edison

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. — C. S. Lewis

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. — Eleanor Roosevelt

If you can dream it, you can do it. — Walt Disney

Never, never, never give up. — Winston Churchill

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. — Nikos Kazantzakis

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. — Ralph Marston

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. — John F. Kennedy

Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there. — Bo Jackson