Young And Old Quotes

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

Chili Davis

Love, Happy Birthday, Happiness

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You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.

Germaine Greer

Life, Happy Birthday, Happiness

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The idea is to die young as late as possible.

Ashley Montagu

Motivational, Death, Kids

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The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Happy Birthday, Growing Up

"Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young" (1894)

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

Eleanor Roosevelt

Birthday, Beautiful, Art

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Age isn't how old you are but how old you feel.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Age, Aging, Old People

"A sad affair" by Alberto Manguel, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2005.

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Anyone who stops learning is old — whether this happens at twenty or at eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young but becomes constantly more valuable — regardless of physical capacity.

Henry Ford

Inspirational, Encouraging, Education

"Moving Forward".

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

Betty Friedan

Birthday, Strength, Inspiring

"How to live longer, better, wiser". Betty Friedan, Parade Magazine (pp. 4-6), March 20, 1994.

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You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt, as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear.

Paul H. Dunn

Self Confidence, Wrinkles, Inspirational Birthday

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It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

Marie Dressler

Birthday, Wisdom, Age

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Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.

Cyril Connolly

Inspirational, Nice, Writing

David Pryce-Jones, Cyril Connolly (1984). “Cyril Connolly: Journal and Memoir”

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The tragedy of growing old is not that one is old but that one is young.

Oscar Wilde

Time, Humor, Tragedy

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Beautiful old people are works of art.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Beautiful, Art, Nursing

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Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do.

Dale Carnegie

Men, People, Actions Speak Louder Than Words

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The older I get, the better I was.

Van Dyke Parks

Wine, Golf, Age

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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The older I get, the better I used to be.

Lee Trevino

Wine, Golf, Tennis

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You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.

George Burns

Birthday, Optimistic, Wish

George Burns, David Fisher (1990). “All my best friends”, Perigee

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Everyone in the world should sleep without fear at least for one night, sleep without fear. Everyone in the world should eat to their fill, at least for one day, eat to their fill. There should be one day when there is no violence, no one is injured, no one is harmed. All people young and old should serve the poor and needy, at least for one day serve selflessly. This is my dream....this is my prayer. Love is the answer, love is the way. Love is the answer, love is the way.

Mata Amritanandamayi

Love, Dream, Prayer

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Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

Jack Benny

Funny, Happy Birthday, Elderly

New York Times, 1974.

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Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

Arthur Wing Pinero

Inspirational, Life, Positive

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Demographics show that we are entering a battle between young and old. I call it the 'Age War.' The young want to hang onto their money to grow their families, businesses, and wealth. The old want the tax and investment dollars of the young to sustain their old age.

Robert Kiyosaki

War, Age, Battle

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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

Andrew Carnegie

Inspirational, Inspiring, Character

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You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

Bob Hope

Funny, Happy Birthday, Humorous

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair.

Samuel Ullman

Birthday, Confidence, Self

"The Silver Treasury, Prose and Verse for Every Mood" by Jane Manner, (p. 323-24), 1934.

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