“Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.” ~~ Albus Dumbledore, in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” by J.K. Rowling
Age Quotations
“Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.” ~~ Regina Brett
“Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.” ~~ Regina Brett
“Growing old beats the alternative – dying young.” ~~ Regina Brett
“Life is like a roadmap with signs all the way. There are some things you can’t see until you get older and there are some things you can’t see when you get older.” ~~ Chandler Atkins
Submitted by Chandler Atkins.
“It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks” ~~ Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.” ~~ Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, ‘Why not?’ and the other, ‘Why bother?’” ~~ Sydney J. Harris
“The best mirror is an old friend.” ~~ George Herbert
“Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity.” ~~ Samuel Ullman