Aging Advice Quotes

“When you’re seventy-five, you are still going to be you.”
― Linda Gray, The Road to Happiness is Always Under Construction

“It behooves me to remember as I advance in age that death is an inevitable part of the life cycle rather than a medical failure.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, A Chance to Say Goodbye: Reflections on Losing a Parent

“To continue what one had been doing -- which was Dante's idea of hell -- is, I came to see, and the vision frightened me, easy in one's sixties.”
― Carolyn G. Heilbrun, The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty

“As you get older, it is important to listen to the young. It can be a lot more fun and interesting than listening to eighty -- somethings shaking their fists, waving their canes, and saying everything was better in the old days.”
― Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

“We had made the exciting discovery that our lives do not need to be limited to past experiences. The future could be challenging and fulfilling as well.”
― Jimmy Carter, Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life

“I did it [voiced the character of Professor Ratigan in Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective"] because one should never stop. That’s the first rule. Keep going. Do everything, even cartoons. If you don’t, you stop. And stopping stinks.”
― Vincent Price