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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the wor...

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A man of fifty looks as old as Santa Claus to a girl of twenty.

We do not die wholly at our deaths: we have moldered away gradually long before. Faculty after facul...

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The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterda...

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The teacher's life should have three periods, study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, pr...

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I'm at the stage of life when if a girl says no to me I'm profoundly grateful to her.

You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to a hundred.

Kazu, now that she thought of it, realized that for all her headstrong temperament, she had never lo...

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Yukio MishimaAfter the Banquet

Now, how do the young prepare to meet the old? The same way the old prepare to meet the young: with ...

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Grown people know that they do not always know the way of things, and even if they think they know, ...

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I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.

An old codger rampant and still learning.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your...

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My mother, I suppose, is still a main figure in my life because her life was so sad and unfair, and ...

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I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never...

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Age is measured by the dreams not by the years.

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Amit RayEnlightenment Step by Step

Your age is measured by your dreams not by the years.

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Amit RayEnlightenment Step by Step

Sometimes this book stays in the present, other times I try to cut myself in half and count the ring...

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It's paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting ol...

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Yes, we praise women over 40 for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal. For eve...

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Like the culture that created me, I am receding into the past at a rate of knots. Soon I'll need a w...

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Angela CarterBurning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories

...a great future behind him, already

If you're not getting happier as you get older, then you're fuckin' up

I wish I had thrown out the bathroom scale at age 16. Weighing yourself every morning is like waking...

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I am positive of only a few things in life, and one is that if you want to have a decent middle and ...

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Anne LamottPlan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you have not committed.

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.

A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.

I trust that age doth not wither nor custom stale my infinite variety.

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Arthur Conan DoyleThe Return of Sherlock Holmes

Now I wonder if it means that the future is a place, or like a place, that I could go to; that is go...

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Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose.

She is too absorbed in the difficulties of being seventeen to want to hear the confusions of forty-f...

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Barbara KingsolverHomeland and Other Stories

Pakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and phi...

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Youth is a blunder Manhood a struggle Old Age a regret.

At 20 years of age the will reigns at 30 the wit at 40 the judgment.

All would live long but none would be old.

There are only two things a child will share willingly communicable diseases and its mother's age.

To me old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

After thirty a body has a mind of its own.

Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

Gray hair is God's graffiti.

Many people plan financially for retirement—but not spiritually and emotionally.

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Old age is Satan’s last chance to blow us off course.

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

God wants us to work (whether at home or on the job), but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong to retire. Th...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Ask [God] to help you reflect Christ as you grow older, instead of turning sour or grumpy.

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Life can grow sweeter and more rewarding as we grow older if we possess the presence of Christ. Suns...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Old age has its compensations. More than ever I see each day as a gift from God. It is also a time t...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Life has its share of joys and laughter—but we also know life’s road is often very rough. Temptation...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

God isn’t finished with you when you retire! When we know Christ, we never retire from His service.

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Many people plan financially for retirement—but not spiritually and emotionally.

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Old age is Satan’s last chance to blow us off course.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

God wants us to work (whether at home or on the job), but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong to retire. Th...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Ask [God] to help you reflect Christ as you grow older, instead of turning sour or grumpy.

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Life can grow sweeter and more rewarding as we grow older if we possess the presence of Christ. Suns...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Old age has its compensations. More than ever I see each day as a gift from God. It is also a time t...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Life has its share of joys and laughter—but we also know life’s road is often very rough. Temptation...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

God isn’t finished with you when you retire! When we know Christ, we never retire from His service.

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Many people plan financially for retirement—but not spiritually and emotionally.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Old age is Satan’s last chance to blow us off course.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

God wants us to work (whether at home or on the job), but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong to retire. Th...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Ask [God] to help you reflect Christ as you grow older, instead of turning sour or grumpy.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Life can grow sweeter and more rewarding as we grow older if we possess the presence of Christ. Suns...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Old age has its compensations. More than ever I see each day as a gift from God. It is also a time t...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Life has its share of joys and laughter—but we also know life’s road is often very rough. Temptation...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

God isn’t finished with you when you retire! When we know Christ, we never retire from His service.

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

Many people plan financially for retirement—but not spiritually and emotionally.

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Old age is Satan’s last chance to blow us off course.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

God wants us to work (whether at home or on the job), but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong to retire. Th...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Ask [God] to help you reflect Christ as you grow older, instead of turning sour or grumpy.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Life can grow sweeter and more rewarding as we grow older if we possess the presence of Christ. Suns...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Old age has its compensations. More than ever I see each day as a gift from God. It is also a time t...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Life has its share of joys and laughter—but we also know life’s road is often very rough. Temptation...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

God isn’t finished with you when you retire! When we know Christ, we never retire from His service.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Many people plan financially for retirement—but not spiritually and emotionally.

Old age is Satan’s last chance to blow us off course.

God wants us to work (whether at home or on the job), but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong to retire. Th...

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Ask [God] to help you reflect Christ as you grow older, instead of turning sour or grumpy.

Life can grow sweeter and more rewarding as we grow older if we possess the presence of Christ. Suns...

Show More

Old age has its compensations. More than ever I see each day as a gift from God. It is also a time t...

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Life has its share of joys and laughter—but we also know life’s road is often very rough. Temptation...

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God isn’t finished with you when you retire! When we know Christ, we never retire from His service.

Many people plan financially for retirement—but not spiritually and emotionally.

Old age is Satan’s last chance to blow us off course.

God wants us to work (whether at home or on the job), but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong to retire. Th...

Show More

Ask [God] to help you reflect Christ as you grow older, instead of turning sour or grumpy.

Life can grow sweeter and more rewarding as we grow older if we possess the presence of Christ. Suns...

Show More

Old age has its compensations. More than ever I see each day as a gift from God. It is also a time t...

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Life has its share of joys and laughter—but we also know life’s road is often very rough. Temptation...

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God isn’t finished with you when you retire! When we know Christ, we never retire from His service.

Many people plan financially for retirement—but not spiritually and emotionally.

Old age is Satan’s last chance to blow us off course.

God wants us to work (whether at home or on the job), but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong to retire. Th...

Show More

Ask [God] to help you reflect Christ as you grow older, instead of turning sour or grumpy.

Life can grow sweeter and more rewarding as we grow older if we possess the presence of Christ. Suns...

Show More

Old age has its compensations. More than ever I see each day as a gift from God. It is also a time t...

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Life has its share of joys and laughter—but we also know life’s road is often very rough. Temptation...

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God isn’t finished with you when you retire! When we know Christ, we never retire from His service.

Many people plan financially for retirement—but not spiritually and emotionally.