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On the day of his 100 birthday here are some of the best words of wisdom from the 35th president of the United States.
Published on: May 29, 2017
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Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.
Franklin Pierce Adams
Inside every older person is a younger person – wondering what the hell happened.
Cora Harvey Armstrong
Of late I appear to have reached that stage when people who look old
who are only my age.
Richard Armour
Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.
Faith Baldwin
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
Lucille Ball
To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
Bernard Baruch
The best way to remember your wife’s birthday is to forget it once.
E. Joseph Cossman
The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you’ll grow out of it.
Doris Day
One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics.
William Feather
Middle age is when you still believe you’ll feel better in the morning.
Bob Hope
Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.
Ogden Nash
How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
Satchel Paige
We are so fond of one another, because our ailments are the same.
Jonathon Swift
You’ve heard of the three ages of man – youth, age, and “you are looking wonderful.”
Francis Cardinal Spellman
When I was young, the Dead Sea was still alive.
George Burns
Thirty five is a very attractive age; London society is full of women who have of their own free choice remained thirty-five for years.
Maurice Chevalier
They tell you that you’ll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don’t tell you is that you won’t miss it very much.
Malcolm Cowley
Middle Age: When you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms.
Georges Clemenceau
I’m six foot eleven. My birthday covers three days.
Darryl Dawkins
The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.
T.S. Eliot
Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone.
Jim Fiebig
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.
Ogden Nash
If you survive long enough, you’re revered — rather like an old building.
Katherine Hepburn
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Groucho Marx
You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
Bob Hope
Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
Charles Schultz
The first hundred years are the hardest.
Wilson Mizner
Call this an unfair generalization if you must, but old people are no good at everything.
Moe (The Simpsons)
If you’re yearning for the good old days, just turn off the air conditioning.
Griff Niblack
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I was brought up to respect my elders; and now I don’t have to respect anyone.
George Burns
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.
Bob Hope
A man is only as old as the woman he feels.
Groucho Marx
Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you have not committed.
Anthony Powell
Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
George Bernard Shaw
Life begins at 40
Sophie Tucker
I’m not aging, I’m marinating.
Unknown
Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
Unknown
Middle age is when a man is warned to slow down by a doctor instead of a policeman.
Unknown
Today is the yesterday you worried about tomorrow.
Unknown
Middle age is when you have the choice of two temptations; and you choose the one that will get you home earlier.
Unknown
Be kind to your kids, they’ll be choosing your nursing home.
Unknown
If things get better with age, then you’re approaching outstanding.
Unknown
The high cost of living hasn’t affected its popularity.
Unknown
You have the wisdom of the ages, but it doesn’t show.
Unknown
Wrinkles are the service stripes of life
Unknown
Pull out a gray hair and seven will come to its funeral.
Dutch Proverb
Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative.
Unknown
A man is getting old when he walks around a puddle instead of through it.
Unknown
Life is one big canvas, throw all the paint you can at it.
Danny Kaye
Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you didn’t commit.
Anthony Powell
The older you get, the faster you ran as a kid.
Steve Owen
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
Will Rogers
I’m in pretty good shape for the shape I’m in.
Mickey Rourke
Middle age is when your classmates are so gray and wrinkled and bald they don’t recognize you.
Oscar Wilde
The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.
Oscar Wilde
I intend to live forever — so far, so good!
Stephen Wright
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It is always fun to celebrate birthdays, as well as to think about the many things that have been said about or that relate to them. Aside from getting wiser, one can delight in good food and good company.
Here are some awesome birthday quotes to liven up your big day, and perhaps even share with family and friends.
Since first reading Dr. Seuss, my favorite birthday quote has been:
1.) “Today you are You; that is truer than true.
There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” – Dr. Seuss
Getting older (and hopefully wiser), we face old age, our senior years. Perhaps Emily Dickinson has the right idea:
2.) “We turn not older with years, but newer every day” – Emily Dickinson
Sam Hagar reinforced this idea saying:
3.) “Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.” – Sam Hagar
Can we live with that idea? Here’s what I always say:
4.) “Wow, thank you Lord for another great chance to make a difference.”
Yes, I am grateful that I’m still alive. But life isn’t forever, so remember:
5.) “Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Henry Ford agreed:
6.) “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80.
Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young”. – Henry Ford
Band leader, Les Brown emphasized:
7.) “You’re never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream” – Les Brown
George Eliot said:
8.) “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
While I was still in school, I had to read writings by ancient philosophers. I never thought they were relevant to me. As another birthday approaches, I’ve looked at some of those words of wisdom, re-evaluating their relevance.
Perhaps they are things that I’ve learned to live by, to accept – and yes – use as birthday quotes:
9.) “God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to
give ourselves the gift of living well,” – Voltaire
A great birthday quote by William Shakespeare’s is:
10.) “With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.” – William Shakespeare
Mark Twain agreed,
11.) “Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.” – Mark Twain
Certainly some good things to remember as we celebrate birthdays! Samuel Ullman said:
12.) “Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.” – Samuel Ullman
At birthday gatherings you also might also want to quote:
13.) “Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words,” – Plautus
14.) “Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself,
to become what he potentially is,” – E. Fromm
15.) “Age is opportunity no less than youth itself,” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
16.) “Happiness is when what you think, what you say,
and what you do are in harmony,” – Mahatma Gandhi
Or you might hear:
17.) “I’m like a fine wine. They don’t bring me out very much
But, I am well preserved,” – Rose Kennedy
18.) “Beautiful young people are accidents of nature,
But beautiful old people are works of art,” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Of course in discussing getting older, other pearls of wisdom are shared:
19.) “The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune,” – English Proverb
20.) “None are as old as those who have outlived enthusiasm,” – Henry David Thoreau
21.) “It’s not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old,
They grow old because they stop pursuing dreams,” – Gabriel G. Marquez
Another great birthday quote, this one by a comedian is:
22.) “Age is strictly a case of mind over matter.
If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter,” – Jack Benny
Another by George Burns is,
23.) “You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.” – George Burns
With laughter, Bob Hope said,
24.) “You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.” – Bob Hope
Who would want to fix things?
25.) “If we could be twice young and twice old,
we could correct all our mistakes,” – Euripides
For those with a strong belief in God:
26.) “Our life is a gift from the Creator. Your gift back to the Creator is what you do with your life,” – Billy Mills
Hearts are always mentioned with birthdays:
27.) “Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty –
They merely move it from their faces into their hearts,” – Martin Buxbaum
28.) “The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious,” – Martin Luther
Some U.S. Presidents have made some birthday quotes:
29.) “Be sure you put your feet in the right place,
then stand firm,” – Lincoln
30.) “Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Lincoln
31.) “Let us seek the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past.
Let us accept our own responsibility for the future,” – Kennedy
Words of wisdom for aging from Confucius:
32.) “Study the past if you would define the future!”
33.) “It doesn’t matter how slowly you go, so long as you don’t stop.”
34.) “Choose a job you love.You will never have to work a day in your life.”
35.) “The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”
As we grow older, may we remember these wise quotes:
35.) “It is not the strongest of the species that survive
But the one most responsive to change,” – Darwin
36.) “It’s the mark of an educated mind to be able to
entertain a thought without accepting it,” – Aristotle
37.) “Life is like riding a bicycle.
To keep your balance you must keep moving,” – Einstein
38.) “Obstacles are those frightful things you see
when you take your eyes off the goal,” – Henry Ford
39.) “Don’t celebrate how old you are,
celebrate the years you survived.” – Touaxia Vang
40.) “Don’t anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen,” – Ben Franklin
41.) “Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” – C.S. Lewis
42.) “Count your age by friends, not years, your life by smiles, not tears.” – John Lennon
43.) “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” – Tolkien
So, as we all age – day by day, and as I pray I get to reach 70 in a couple of years, I often repeat this quote:
44.) “I don’t mind getting older; it’s a privilege denied to so many!” ― Chris Geiger, ‘The Cancer Survivors Club’
45.) “A birthday is the anniversary of your birth. It’s the time most of us reflect over the past year and what we hope for in the coming year.” – Claudia T Hudson
46.) “Today is the oldest you have been, and the youngest you will ever be. Make the most of it!” – Nicky Gumbel
47.) “There are two attitudes you can have when it comes to your birthday:
1. be thankful you have lived another year.
or, 2. complain about being a year older.” – Catherine Pulsifer
48.) “When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.” – Cherokee Expression
49.) “Your age isn’t you. Use today to feel your best, celebrate and be your very happiest.” – M. Rivers
50.) “A birth-date is a reminder to celebrate the life as well as to update the life.” – Amit Kalantri
51.) “A birthday is not a day to fear. It is a day to celebrate and look forward to the coming year.” – Byron Pulsifer
52.) “Birthdays are inevitable, beautiful and very particular moments in our lives! Moments that bring precious memories back, celebrate the present times and give hope for the future.” – Bsbr Arish
53.) “Your birthday is my pleasure. You are my sweetest treasure.” – Danny Demeersseman
54.) “We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be.” – Lauren Hutton
55.) “Your birthday is the beginning of your own personal new year. Your first birthday was a beginning, and each new birthday is a chance to begin again, to start over, to take a new grip on life.” – Wilfred Peterson
56.) “I enjoy celebrating birthdays. Everyone should have their birthday celebrated.” – Loraine D. Nunley
57.) “May your years be counted not by your age
but by how you spend your days.” – Catherine Pulsifer
58.) “Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.” – Jean Paul Richter
59.) “Birthdays come but once a year, celebrate and be of good cheer.” Robert Rivers
60.) “Each year as our birthday comes, our thoughts and beliefs may change a bit from year to year. But believe our wish for you is always the same, may you find happiness and blessings all of your days!” – Catherine Pulsifer
Birthdays are special days – not only to celebrate among people we love, but also to remind us of how far we’ve come in life. During this occasion, keep these beautiful quotes handy as a gift to yourself.
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