1.
As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
Norman Wisdom
'As you advance in years three occurrences come to pass. The initial one is your recollection fades, and I'm unable to recall the other two.'
2.
Why party like it is 1999 when you can party like it is your birthday?
Prince
'Celebrate like today is the day to commemorate your own special occasion!'
3.
Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.
Mother Teresa
Take delight in the present, that's sufficient. Each instant is all we require, no more.
4.
It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
It is erroneous to assert that individuals cease aiming for ambitions as they age, rather, they age because they abandon their aspirations.
5.
When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.
Friedrich Nietzsche
When tying the knot, contemplate this inquiry: Can you envision yourself conversing comfortably with this individual throughout your life? Everything else in matrimony is fleeting.
6.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
Henry Ford
One who ceases to learn is aging, regardless of age. Those who continue educating themselves stay vibrant. The most valuable thing in life is to preserve a youthful outlook.
7.
Come grow old with me. The best is yet to be.
William Wordsworth
Let us journey through life together. There are still greater heights to reach.
8.
If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.
Rudyard Kipling
If you can remain level-headed while others are succumbing to panic and accusing you, then the universe shall be yours and all its contents. Moreover, you will have attained manhood, my child.
9.
So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
Jorge Luis Borges
Cultivate your own dreams and adorn your spirit, rather than expecting someone else to bestow you with blossoms.
10.
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
Be the spark or the surface that reflects it.
11.
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Niccolo Machiavelli
The less time we have left in our lives, the more lucidly we should view it.
12.
We turn not older with years but newer every day.
Emily Dickinson
We do not age with passing time, rather we become increasingly refreshed each day.
13.
Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.
Dorothy Parker
Time may be a great balm, but it's a terrible cosmetologist.
14.
If you want to be happy, be.
Leo Tolstoy
If you wish to contentment, cultivate it.
15.
There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
Sophia Loren
16.
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.
Aldous Huxley
Maintain your childlike wonder into adulthood, thus never relinquishing your zest.
17.
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
Samuel Ullman
No one matures merely by accruing years. We age by forsaking our dreams. Time may crease the skin, but relinquishing zeal wrings out the spirit.
18.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Mark Twain
Crow's feet should merely signify where grins have been.
19.
My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.
Ellen DeGeneres
My grandmother began trekking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we haven't the faintest clue of her whereabouts.
20.
Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.
Helen Rowland
Life commences at 40 - yet so do bunions, osteoarthritis, deteriorating vision, and the inclination to recount a tale to the same individual, multiple times.
21.
We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be.
Lauren Hutton
"We must mature. Our creases are our emblems of life's journey. They represent all we have experienced and who we aspire to be."
22.
A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.
Agatha Christie
A mother's ardor for her progeny is like no other in existence. It defies all rules, has no compassion, it conquers every challenge and mercilessly obliterates everything blocking its way.
23.
In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.
Francis Schaeffer
We ought to take note of this peculiar emblem of our era: the only absolute authorized is the unyielding proclamation that there is no ultimate truth.
24.
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.
A. A. Milne
If you reach a hundred years of age, I would want to be a day short so I can always remain in your presence.
25.
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Wise counsel is something a man proffers when his age prevents him from demonstrating improper behaviour.
26.
All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours of school, earlier age at the computer, and curfews. Who would want to grow up in that world?
James Hillman
We can only contemplate the bleak prospect of an existence for children today featuring longer school days, exposure to technology at a younger age, and strict enforcement of regulations. Who would want to experience such a life?
27.
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
e. e. cummings
It takes bravery to mature and become your true self.
28.
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.
Agatha Christie
A matrimonial archaeologist is the optimal spouse a female can possess. The more mature she becomes, the more intrigued he is in her.
29.
The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.
Madeleine L'Engle
'The beauty of maturity is that it allows you to retain the wisdom gained from all your life experiences.'
32.
May the moments of today become fond memories for tomorrow. Happy Birthday
Rob Jackson
33.
Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40 after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely.
Christian Dior
34.
Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.
Erich Fromm
35.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
Groucho Marx
36.
Your life is a gift from the Creator. Your gift back to the Creator is what you do with your life.
Billy Mills
37.
If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?
Linda Ellerbee
38.
For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out.
Steven Wright
40.
Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age - as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight.
Phyllis Diller
41.
Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.
Brigitte Bardot
42.
Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
Pope John XXIII
43.
Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you.
Helen Rowland
44.
Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.
Susan B. Anthony
45.
Aging is not "lost youth" but a new stage of opportunity and strength.
Betty Friedan
46.
Something to remember on your birthday..Forget the past, it can't be changed..And, forget the present because I didn't get you one.
Brian Jones
48.
Middle-age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.
Ogden Nash
49.
I wasn't very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children's birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos.
Jill Clayburgh
50.
At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music.
Satyajit Ray