550 Quotes About Old-age

Hard as it is to acknowledge, Smitty’s reaction to death was pretty typical. It hurts too much to see a stranger die, let alone someone you love and respect. Most folks would prefer just to ride away, leave the dead to do their dying, and only afterward think on the good times.

Appreciate youthfulness and empathize with elderly people.

I unwrapped my love for her like one might unwrap leftovers. Gotta eat up the old stuff first, as a cannibal might say in a retirement home.


Parent may hinder their children's marriage; but children cannot interfere with the insane acts of their parents in their second childhood.

The body gives up faster than the soul. Time wrinkles it, wounds it, debases it. Varicose veins, menopause… Time makes it a caricature… The body plays along, a good sport. The soul, though, is a sore loser. It needs more time to blow out the candles. It only concedes in fits and starts… through painful revelations… through a series of frights.

The real reason why most old people hate their wrinkles and white hair is because they are still far from being wise.

Give someone more time and they'll appear to have done more with it.

People think I am younger then I really am,because I act so immature.

Be present and aware of the privilege of living.