10 Quotes That Prove Aging Can Be Awesome
From founding father Benjamin Franklin to beloved American actor William Holden, some of the greatest minds and personalities our world has ever known seem to agree on one thing: growing older can be an exceptionally gratifying and awe-inspiring experience, if you allow it to be.
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Hesitance among the aging population to perceive age as a thing of beauty is understandable, to a degree – but it’s a barrier to overcome, and overcoming that obstacle is a true test of character. Once that imaginary hurdle is in your hindsight, you might find yourself accepting age as nothing short of miraculous. Don’t believe it? Here are ten quotes from folks you’ve heard of who experienced it themselves.
1. “At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement.” – Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father of the United States of America
2. “I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don’t have to.” — Albert Einstein, physicist
3. “The wiser mind mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind.” – William Wordsworth, poet
4. “He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.” – Plato, philosopher
5. “Aging is not lost youth, but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” – Betty Friedan, women’s rights activist
6. “Too many people, when they get old, think that they have to live by the calendar.” – John Glenn, American Senator and astronaut
7. “Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.” – Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States of America
8. “In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber. So long as it receives a message of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long you are young. When the wires are all down and our heart is covered with the snow of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then and only then are you grown old.” – Douglas MacArthur, Five-Star American Military General
9. “Anyone who stops learning is old – whether at 20 or 80.” – Henry Ford, businessman
10. “Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn’t want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know; your bank account of knowledge is much richer.” – William Holden, actor