#old

Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made. Our times are in his hand who saith, 'A whole I planned, youth shows but half; Trust God: See all, nor be afraid! ↗

— Robert Browning

#old-age #age

Old folks live on memory, young folk live on hope. ↗

— Gayla Reid

#hope #life #life-experience #memories #old

Was it the forgetfulness of old age or personal incapacity that made the man able to say please but not thank you? ↗

— Yann Martel

#old-age #rudeness #study-in-character #age

The rich old men start the wars, but it’s the poor young men who portend them. If they didn't get old and rich, some excuse might have to be found to launch invasions. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #old-age #poverty #war #wealth

The good thing about being old is not being young. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#ageism #old #old-age #old-aged #old-people

There are too many steps in this castle, and it seems to me they add a few every night, just to vex me" - Maester Cressen ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#lazy #old-age #stairs #steps #age

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard there's nothing you can do. ↗

— Golda Meir

#inevitability #old-age #age

A man doesn't grow old because he has lived a certain number of years. A man grows old when he deserts his ideal. The years may wrinkle his skin, but deserting his ideal wrinkles his soul. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#ideal #ideals #old #old-age #soul

His mind has become a refuge for old thoughts, idle, indigent, with nowhere else to go. He ought to chase them out, sweep the premises clean. But he does not care to do so, or does not care enough"(72). ↗

— J.M. Coetzee

#getting-older #old-age #age

He may be old now, but he is still a hero in their eyes ↗

— Loretta Livingstone

#hero #old #winner #worth-it #age