“It is a little disappointing to see that your legs are not as strong. “The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom friends.” – Logan Pearsall Smith “I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.” – Glenda Jackson Just having to hold the newspaper out in your forties and then hair growing out of unusual parts of your body in your fifties. “Nobody ever said that growing old would be easy. I do love a good wedding.” – Laura Wasser I just don’t believe that you need to be married to do that. “Do I believe in coupling? Do I believe in commitment? Do I believe in co-parenting, raising children together, having a family, and growing old with someone? I absolutely believe in all of those things. “A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez You can’t influence them if you don’t talk to them.” – Martti Ahtisaari In a year’s time, a government can look different. People are growing old, and a new generation is coming to power. “No country’s policies are eternal they do vary. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.” – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette “You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. We’re going to have to define my growing up differently.” – Mattie Stepanek I think we’re going to have to define differently what I’m going to be. “I think I may have to grow up without growing old. Andre Maurois Age, Which, No Time The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom friends.” – Logan Pearsall Smith “Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form. “A man growing old becomes a child again.” – Sophocles We mustn’t be led into thinking getting old is bad. “I’ve looked forward to being older because you will have that many more miles covered. “If the infinity of the sea may call out thus, perhaps when a man is growing old, calls come to him, too, from another infinity still darker and more deeply mysterious and the more he is wearied by life the dearer are those calls to him.” – Henryk Sienkiewicz It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.” – Michael Caine ![]() “The trick is growing up without growing old.” – Casey Stengel ![]() “The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. Growing older with grace is possible for all who will set their hearts and minds on the Giver of grace, the Lord Jesus Christ.” – Billy Graham “When granted many years of life, growing old in age is natural, but growing old with grace is a choice. But I also think it’s great fun growing old.” – Johnny Depp I think we can keep that, and I think it’s important to keep that part of staying young. “I have known plenty of people who, in their later years, had the energy of children and the kind of curiosity and fascination with things like little children. “Growing old is mandatory growing up is optional.” – Chili Davis ![]() Share these quotes about growing older, growing wiser, and growing our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. The passage of time is inevitable, but what we choose to do with that time is entirely up to us. That’s what we would like to celebrate in this post. Things such as wisdom, the priceless value of experience, and the beauty of maturity all accompany the aging process. In all this, it’s easy to sometimes forget the value of age. In today’s society we are inundated with anti-aging products, surrounded by media promoting youth and excess, and constantly told that we need to look younger.
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