How to Grow Old Quotes

“It’s not by strength or speed or swiftness of body that great deeds are done, but by wisdom, character, and sober judgment.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life

“This shows how a man who practices exercise and self-control can preserve some of his original vigor even when he grows old.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life

“The course of life cannot change. Nature has but a single path and you travel it only once. Each stage of life has its own appropriate qualities—weakness in childhood, boldness in youth, seriousness in middle age, and maturity in old age. These are fruits that must be harvested in due season.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life

“For what youth longs for, old age has attained. A young person hopes to have a long life, but an old man has already had one.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life

“Wrinkles and gray hair cannot suddenly demand respect. Only when the earlier years of life have been well spent does old age at last gather the fruits of admiration.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life