Samuel Ullman Quote – Growing Old
“Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.” – Samuel Ullman
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Kristin Armstrong Quote – Passage of Time
“It is the runner in me who will age gracefully. It is the runner in me who understands that the beauty of my body is in the things it can do, not the way it looks doing them. The runner in me understands that lines come from laughing on long runs and smiling into the sun. The runner in me […]
Read moreMichael Meade Quote – Rites of Passage
“Ancient peoples invented rites of passage in part to break the spell of childhood and move the initiate from the mother’s lap to the lap of the world. To this day, a person must dismantle the spell of childhood or fail to find their place in life.” – Michael Meade
Read moreStephen Colbert Quote – Say Yes
“Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt […]
Read moreMargaret Atwood Quote – Wisdom
“How old do you have to get before wisdom descends like a plastic bag over your head and you learn to keep your big mouth shut? Maybe never. Maybe you get more frivolous with age.” – Margaret Atwood
Read moreOliver Wendell Holmes Quote – Called An Old Man
“A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
Read moreDara O’Briain Quote – Nostalgia is heroin for old people
“Nostalgia is heroin for old people.” – Dara O’Briain
Read moreJohn A. Wheeler Quote – It Hasn’t Been Much Of A Day
“If you haven’t found something strange during the day, it hasn’t been much of a day.” – John A. Wheeler
Read moreGabriel Garcia Marquez Quote – Pursuing Your Dreams
“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Read moreOliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Quote – Poetry In An Old Man
“Don’t ever think the poetry is dead in an old man because his forehead is wrinkled, or that his manhood has left him when his hand trembles! If they ever were there, they are there still.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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