Positive Attitude Towards Aging Quotes

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me. The horse is out of the barn... In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.

My mother is not somebody who's troubled by aging.

It’s [old age] not a surprise, we knew it was coming – make the most of it. So you may not be as fast on your feet, and the image in your mirror may be a little disappointing, but if you are still functioning and not in pain, gratitude should be the name of the game.

I just turned 50. 50's like the new 49 and nothing better, let me tell you.

We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.

Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It's great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I'm not complaining,... Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven't done what they wanted with their lives.

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

Age is such a natural progression you shouldn't fight it.

I shall grow old, but never lose life's zest, because the road's last turn will be the best.

If you're going to get old, you might as well get as old as you can get.

I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.

All younger people should know something. If you’re always battling against getting older, you’re always going to be unhappy, because it will happen anyhow.

My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely.

You have to embrace getting older.

Looking 50 is great, if you're 60.

I don't worry about getting old. I'm old already. Only young people worry about getting old.

If you're lucky enough to get old, I think you should celebrate it.

I don't worry about getting old. I'm old already. Only young people worry about getting old. When I was 65, I had Cupid's eczema. I don't believe in dying. It's been done. I'm working on a new exit. Besides, I can't die now - I'm booked.

How presumptuous they had both been never to consider growing old as an achievement and a challenge. Aging was something they'd both wanted so much to avoid.

I suppose playing an older man is a way of preparing myself for getting older.

If old age means a crown of thorns, the trick is to wear it jauntily.

The most important thing is growing old gracefully.

For my own part, I had rather be old only a short time than be old before I really am so.

I'm not quite as much of a curmudgeon being old. I'm not cantankerous. But otherwise, I'm about the same.

Getting older is not something that you're not much concerned with.