Tuesday, September 24, 2013

More Thoughts on Growing Old

 
Old age arrives suddenly as does the snow
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If you survive long enough, you're revered - rather like an old building. ~Katherine Hepburn
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There is a certain age when a woman must be beautiful to be loved, and then there comes a time when she must be loved to be beautiful.  ~Francoise Sagan
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Old age embellishes everything. It has the effect of the setting sun on the beautiful twilights of autumn.
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Most people stop living before they are dead. ~Renee Long
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The person who considers himself too old to learn something has probably always been that way.
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The key to successful aging is to pay as little attention to it as possible. ~Judith Ragan
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The entire life of a human being depends upon “yes” and “no” uttered two or three times between the ages of 16 and 25.
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So long as one continues to be amazed, one can delay growing old.
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Whatever with the past has gone; the best is always yet to come! ~Lucy Larcom
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It is by growing old that one learns to remain young.
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It's not about the lines on the face - it's about the wisdom behind them.
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Youth is a wonderful thing.  What a crime to waste it on children.  ~George Bernard Shaw
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Where did the time go? Yesterday, I was a girl, and today, I suddenly find myself in the autumn of my years with the cold winds of winter breathing down my neck.  ~Peggy Toney Horton
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There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.  ~Louis L'Amour

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3 comments:

Penny said...

Sweet thoughts on growing old peg. I especially like yours. Nice. Thanx for sharing.

Jon said...

I like these Peggy. Some good ones here.

Anonymous said...

Good thoughts on getting old. Not to depressing.