William James Life is no brief candle to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. George Bernard Shaw Age is a grace that we must earn, not a weight to crush us. Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better. Anonymous Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years.
People grow old only by deserting their ideals.
Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Coco Chanel I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old or being young, for that matter. We turn not older with years, but newer every day.