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

“Please remember connection is still possible — often in the most unexpected places.”
― Colleen Riddle, Came for the Game, Stayed for the People: True Stories of Pickleball, Friendship & Belonging

“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