I happen to subscribe to the notion that maturity brings wisdom -- or at least a sense of calm. Just look around you for examples of how judgment and responsibility seem to increase with age. If you still aren't convinced, here are some quotes by well-known folks who apparently share this inside knowledge.
To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea. - Pearl S. Buck
Age does not protect you from love, but love to some extent protects you from age.
- Jeanne Moreau
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. - Henry David Thoreau
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
- Abraham Lincoln
There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow. - Edith Wharton
Live your life and forget your age. - Norman Vincent Peale
I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates. - T.S. Eliot
The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. - Helen Hayes
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. - Carlos Castaneda
And one of my personal favorites:
Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. - Billie Burke
So the next time you think you are alone in this aging process, think again! There are some great ideas out there from such folks as quoted here. See for yourself!
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