The first half is finding out how you do it. And the second half is enjoying it. Great post, thanks for sharing! Elderly people are like plants…. I love this quote, as I work caring for 80 to year olds I see characters everyday, I love them all and they respond in love to me, a mere 60 years young. They inspire me with their wisdom and their stories.
The optimism still beats in their hearts for a better world filled with peace and love. I learn so much from these precious ones… they lead the way for me to embrace the future and not fear it. Sadly I see their candles extinguished but their memory lives on in my heart as I focus on the new one who needs my love and care. Thank you for these quotes …. Thank you again for sharing your experience…. Buck… This little quote reflects my experience with work—it has always given me joy.
This is a fantastic collection of quotes, Kathy! I will have to come back and look through them for more inspiration! We are both trying to enjoy the new life God has granted us in widowhood. Good for you for experiencing life in a vibrant, healthy and happy way. May you and your love continue far into the future. I wrote a similar post a few years ago and can recognise a couple of these quotes. Not sure if I saw your post or not but many of the good ones are making the rounds.
Hopefully the days ahead will bring out more and more people willing to speak proudly and boldly about the many positives of aging. I used it when I wrote the blog post about Carl Jung and his thoughts on aging. Wow Kathy — How can I choose when everything is positive? I thought Helen Mirren was pretty awesome.
I need to think like all of these wise people. I was certainly hoping everyone would be as inspired by these words as I was. Choosing one out of 50 quotes means to choose one of a precious pearl. Any how I have chosen this pearl of wisdom. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
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I have to admit that is one of my favorites too. As long as I can continue to learn and grow I will happily live my life no matter what. Thanks for chiming in here! As I read through the quotes, I kept changing my mind as to which was my favorite. I love that they are all so positive and life-embracing. Thanks for putting them all together! Glad you liked them. Like usual, just putting this post together helped me as much as anyone! Aging is human evolution in its pure form. And I still get sucked into advertising and buy face cream.
Not easy…but as I said to Kathy D. I also like the Maggie Kuhn quote, and plan to start doing that right now! I understand so much more than I did in my younger years, and am happier and more at peace with myself in my sixties. This was a great read! Of course it is always more fun when you do it with friends. I love all of these!
So many good ones! Ah, you must be an artist as well as a writer?
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Or maybe a gardener? When I saw that quote I always think of flowers or being in nature.
50 Of The Best Positive Aging Quotes I Could Find
Nature is such a great teacher for showing us the benefits of growing, becoming and giving way to the next without care or worry. Thanks for checking in on this! Did I miss any? The greatest gift of advancing years may be gaining perspective. What do you say? I love these quotes. A positive attitude is really important for living well at all phases of our lives. Surprisingly, I really had to dig to find all of these. Of course, it also showed me that us writers need to be working on a bunch of new ones for the future. I have to pick two from two very different people: So, if you're looking for inspiration all in one place, search no further.
We've got you covered. Here are inspiring, incredible and just plain interesting quotes to get the new year off to a great start. New Year's Day "I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear. Give me a man without a goal, and I will give you a stock clerk. And a lot of the time it's your friends World Braille Day "Life is a daring adventure or it is nothing at all.
True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home. I've lost almost games. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. Martin Luther King Jr. Day "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Inauguration Day "I want to start by, as always, thanking my family. My kids, they're not kids anymore, but they're kids as far as I'm concerned.
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They'll always be my kids. Women's March on Washington "I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. You've got to go out and kick ass. There are definitely elements of both that I like. Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast. Chinese New Year "Everyone has a plan 'til they get punched in the mouth.
I never gave or took any excuse. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it'll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off. Rosa Parks Day "I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear.
If it's important to you and you want to do it 'eventually,' just do it and correct course along the way. Lincoln's Birthday observed "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. Valentine's Day "It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it. Presidents' Day "No one has as much luck around the greens as one who practices a lot. It's life's change agent; it clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now, the new is you. But someday, not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.
Sorry to be so dramatic, but it's quite true. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. In the first, it is ridiculed. In the second, it is opposed. In the third, it is regarded as self-evident. Ash Wednesday "Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy. Read Across America Day "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader. Employee Appreciation Day "There are two things people want more than sex and money I am a product of my decisions.
Daylight Saving Time starts "Time is life itself, and life resides in the human heart. It comes from your own actions. I have seen many a good [organization] underachieve, because someone Patrick's Day "Creativity is intelligence having fun. International Day of Happiness "Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Don't let losing make you quite.
Don't let your teammates down in any situation. I saw him once literally bleed from the bottoms of his feet, a man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language, who taught me all I needed to know about faith and hard work by the simple eloquence of his example. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it, the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me. I cannot even spell the word.
And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance. April Fool's Day "I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into smaller manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
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It's like being a doctor: If you don't really love it, then it ain't worth it. People sometimes want to put down fashion by saying it's frivolous or superficial, but it's not that way at all. It's actually very hard work. Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else's success? International Day of Human Space Flight "It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.
Thomas Jefferson's Birthday "We hold these truths to be self-evident: May I never be content. May I never be perfect. Easter Sunday "Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life. Emancipation Day observed "I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
Tax Day "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society. For a dreamer is one who can find his way by moonlight, and see the dawn before the rest of the world. Chinese Language Day "I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one. And he can fire everybody in the company, from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. World Book and Copyright Day "Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.
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When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity. And trust your instincts That's not just with somebody you want to marry, but it's with the friends that you choose. It's with the people you surround yourselves with. International Jazz Day "Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end.
Jazz isn't methodical, but jazz isn't messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference. World Press Freedom Day "Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets. Rhode Island Independence Day "The greatest crime in the world is not developing your potential. When you do what you do best, you are helping not only yourself, but the world.
National Nurses Day "Nursing encompasses an art, a humanistic orientation, a feeling for the value of the individual, and an intuitive sense of ethics, and of the appropriateness of action taken. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Truman Day "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Mother's Day "An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. Peace Officers Memorial Day "Police officers and firemen are so visible in their daily work, there's no mistaking they're there - and that presence makes people feel secure. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police. Armed Forces Day "Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons. Harvey Milk Day "Hope will never be silent.
If you don't find one, it's you. Ramadan starts "Sometimes you don't realize how special something is until you lose it. Thats how I feel about Ramadan every year. But it's true--hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it. Memorial Day "Who sows virtue reaps honor.
If you think about that, you'll do things differently. World No Tobacco Day "Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times. D-Day There on the beaches of Normandy I began to reflect on the wonders of these ordinary people whose lives were laced with the markings of greatness. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
Army Birthday also Flag Day "I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. Failure is not part of my vocabulary. Father's Day "I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.
But if you see the glass half full, simplify your life, and give yourself to a worthy cause, you will be forever happy. At some point, you are bound to stumble If you're constantly pushing yourself higher And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction. You just start to like the taste of your own blood. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.