Young And Old Quotes:

For when is death not within our selves? And as Heracleitus says: “Living and dead are the same, and so are awake and asleep, young and old. The former when shifted are the latter, and again the latter when shifted are the former."

- Heraclitus

source: "Hippocrates".

topic: Young, Young And Old, Awake

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

- Mark Twain

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Motivational, Humorous Birthday, Staying Young

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

- Chili Davis

topic: Birthday, Growing Up, Growing, Inspirational Age, Older People

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

- Germaine Greer

topic: Life, Happy Birthday, Happiness, Humorous Birthday, Mature And Immature

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

- Ashley Montagu

topic: Death, Ideas, Young, Someone Dying, Someone Who Is Dying

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

- Oscar Wilde

topic: Funny, Happy Birthday, Growing Up, Humorous Birthday, Middle Aged

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

- Eleanor Roosevelt

topic: Birthday, Beautiful, Art, Inspirational Age, Old Person

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

- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

topic: Age, Feels, Inspirational Age, Old Birthday, Aging Gracefully

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

- Henry Ford

topic: Inspirational, Life, Birthday, Staying Young, Stay In School

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

- Betty Friedan

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

topic: Birthday, Strength, Inspiring, Staying Young, Inspirational Age

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

topic: Self Confidence, Self, Doubt, Old Soldiers, Growing Old

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

- Marie Dressler

topic: Birthday, Staying Young, Inspirational Age, Older People, Old Birthday

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

- Cyril Connolly

topic: Inspirational, Nice, Writing, Always Be Nice, Young And Old

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

- Oscar Wilde

topic: Time, Humor, Tragedy, Old Age Humor, Age And Wisdom

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

- Dale Carnegie

topic: Men, People, Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Growing Old, Win Friends And Influence People

The older I get, the better I was.

- Van Dyke Parks

topic: Vineyards, Cabernet, Wine And Life, Wine Lovers, Food And Wine

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

- Lee Trevino

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Golf, Used, Best Wine, Cabernet, Wine And Life

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

- George Burns

source: Joan Collins (2006). “The Art of Living Well: Looking Good, Feeling Great”, Sourcebooks Incorporated

topic: Birthday, Optimistic, Wish, Older People, Growing Old

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

topic: Love, Dream, Prayer, Young And Old

Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

- Jack Benny

topic: Mind, Age, Matter, Humorous Birthday, Staying Young

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

- Arthur Wing Pinero

topic: Positive, Deep Love, Age, Staying Young, Inspirational Age

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

topic: War, Age, Battle, Young And Old

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

- Andrew Carnegie

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Character, Inspirational Age, Older Man

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

- Bob Hope

topic: Happy Birthday, Funny Inspirational, Humorous, Humorous Birthday, Birthday Cake

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

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

topic: Birthday, Confidence, Self, Staying Young, Inspirational Age

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

topic: Funny, Humor, Years, Inspirational Age, Older People

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

- George Bernard Shaw

topic: Happy Birthday, Time, Children, Young Mother, Wonderful Experience

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

topic: Birthday, Time, Years, Staying Young, Inspirational Age

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Funny, Life, Crazy, Barbers, Young And Old

Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.

- Natalie Clifford Barney

topic: Years, Youth, Birth, Year One, Age And Youth

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.

- Sophia Loren

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Life, Birthday, Uplifting, Staying Young, Inspirational Age

Strange times are these, in which we live, forsooth ; When young and old are taught in Falsehood's school:– And the man who dares to tell the truth, Is called at once a lunatic and fool.

- George Francis Train

topic: Peace, Fear, Truth, Strange Times, Young And Old

I am not young enough to know everything.

- James M. Barrie

source: The Admirable Crichton (performed 1902, pubd. 1914) act 1

topic: Knowledge, Enough, Young, Knowing Things, Mimicry

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.

- Quincy Jones

topic: Love, Family, Happiness, Young And Old

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.

- Coco Chanel

topic: Funny, Birthday, Beauty, Makeup And Beauty, Staying Young

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

- Andre Maurois

topic: Birthday, Time, Hunting, Growing Old, 30th Birthday

If readers, young and old, would take even a moment to reflect on our rapidly shifting culture and ideology, I would be happy. Many leaders of the older generation dismiss emerging culture. Those leaders are at risk of becoming a feeble voice-piece without followers. Most of the younger generation is going deaf to the truth.

- Ted Dekker

topic: Voice, Leader, Risk, Older Generation, Younger Generation

That's just like America. It's made up of lots of different people. We're all different colors, different ages, we do different jobs -- but it takes all of us black people, white people, brown people, men and women, young and old, working in the factories, working in the fields, working in offices, working in stores -- it takes a lot of different kinds of people to get the job done for America.

- Jesse Jackson

topic: Jobs, Men, Color, Different Ages, Get The Job Done

What do you think has become of the young and old men? And what do you think has become of the women and children? They are alive and well somewhere, The smallest sprout shows there is really no death, And if ever there was it led forward life, and does not wait at the end to arrest it, And ceas'd the moment life appear'd. All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

- Walt Whitman

source: 1855 Leaves of Grass, 'Song of Myself', section 6.

topic: Death, Children, Men, Young And Old

Anyone can use these sites - companies and colleges, teachers and students, young and old all make use of networking sites to connect with people electronically to share pictures, information, course work, and common interests.

- Mike Fitzpatrick

topic: Teacher, College, People, Common Interests, Young And Old

We are not asking everyone to do everything. We are simply asking all members to pray, knowing that if every member, young and old, will reach out to just “one” between now and Christmas, millions will feel the love of the Lord Jesus Christ. And what a wonderful gift to the Savior.

- M. Russell Ballard

topic: Jesus, Knowing, Asking, Young And Old

The death of Walt Disney is a loss to all the people of the world. In everything he did, Walt had an intuitive way of reaching out and touching the hearts and mind of young and old alike. His entertainment was an international language. For more than 40 years, people have looked to Walt Disney for the finest quality in family entertainment. There is no way to replace Walt Disney. He was an extraordinary man. Perhaps there will never be another like him… The world will always be a better place because Walt Disney was its master showman.

- Roy O. Disney

topic: Heart, Loss, Men, International Language, Intuitive

Medicaid is a vital safety net for New York's poor and vulnerable, young and old alike.

- James T. Walsh

topic: New York, Safety, Vulnerable, Poor And Vulnerable, Medicaid

A library is a temple unabridged with priceless treasure. Librarians are the majesties who loan the jewels of measure. They welcome to the kingdom the young and old of reapers and reign among the riches as the wondrous fortune keepers.

- Pam Muñoz Ryan

topic: Jewels, Library, Treasure, Bookkeepers, Young And Old

On the whole, age comes more gently to those who have some doorway into an abstract world-art, or philosophy, or learning-regions where the years are scarcely noticed and the young and old can meet in a pale truthful light.

- Freya Stark

topic: Art, Philosophy, Light, Young And Old

Prayer is such a basic foundation of a Christian's relationship with God. It's how we communicate and fellowship with Him. But a surprising number of people, young and old, new and even long-time Christians, say they're not satisfied with their prayer life.

- Joyce Meyer

topic: Christian, Prayer, Numbers, Young And Old

Each individual is unique. We all have equal worth. Young and old, those who can cope and those who need help.

- Kjell Magne Bondevik

topic: Unique, Needs, Helping, Young And Old

Italy is divided between us and them, rich and poor, north and south, young and old, employed and unemployed.

- Romano Prodi

topic: Vaccines, Rich, Poor, Young And Old, North And South

Busy work brings after ease; Ease brings sport and sport brings rest; For young and old, of all degrees, The mingled lot is best.

- Joanna Baillie

source: Joanna Baillie (1976). “The dramatic and poetical works”, p.806, Georg Olms Verlag

topic: Sports, Degrees, Ease, Busy Work, Young And Old

It is my wish to delight all members of the family, young and old, parent and child.

- Walt Disney

topic: Children, Parent, Wish, Young And Old