Satchel Paige Quote – How Old Would You Be
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?” ― Satchel Paige
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W. Somerset Maugham Quote – Old Age Is…
“When I was young, I was amazed at Plutarch’s statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.” – W. Somerset Maugham
Read moreTerry Pratchett Quote – Inside Every Old Person
“Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.” – Terry Pratchett
Read moreSamuel 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
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 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 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 moreThomas Bailey Aldrich Quote – To Triumph Over Old Age
“To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent – that is to triumph over old age.” – Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Read moreAnne Sophie Swetchine Quote – For Every Illusion
“In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.” – Anne Sophie Swetchine
Read moreLeon Trotsky Quote – Old Age
“Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man.” – Leon Trotsky
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