Quips on Aging

“It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
    – Abraham Lincoln

“Know that you are the perfect age. Each year is special and precious, for you shall only live it once. Be comfortable with growing older.”
    – Louise Hay

“Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional.”
    – Walt Disney

“Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”
    – Mark Twain

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
    – E.E. Cummings

“Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, and the youngest you’ll ever be again.”
    – Eleanor Roosevelt

 “Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.”
    – Daniel Francois Esprit Auber

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
    – George Bernard Shaw

“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”
    – Satchel Paige

“The trick to aging gracefully is to enjoy it”
    – Unknown

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.”
    – Henry David Thoreau

“Getting old is a fascinating thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.”
    - Keith Richards

“You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.”
    - George Burns