It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.

Quote by Lydia Maria Francis Child

Topics: Elderly Quotes, Grace Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Old Age Quotes

It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.

It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.

I like it when I see an elderly couple walking together, hand in hand. Because...

I like it when I see an elderly couple walking together, hand in hand. Because...

Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the...

Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the...

Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It...

Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It...

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving,...

Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving,...

Old men must die, or the word would grow moldy, would only breed the past...

Old men must die, or the word would grow moldy, would only breed the past...

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure...

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone....

The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone....

It is always in season for old men to learn.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I...

Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I...

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to...

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to...

When grace is at work protocols are suspended, natural laws are put on hold and...

When grace is at work protocols are suspended, natural laws are put on hold and...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

Respect old people: they graduated highschool without Google or Wikipedia!

Respect old people: they graduated highschool without Google or Wikipedia!