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.

The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets...

The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets...

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

To remain young one must change. The perpetual campus hero is not a young man...

To remain young one must change. The perpetual campus hero is not a young man...

When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I...

When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I...

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...

It (The New York Times) reads like it was edited by two elderly sociologists, one...

It (The New York Times) reads like it was edited by two elderly sociologists, one...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

I grow old learning something new everyday.

I grow old learning something new everyday.

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it...

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it...

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

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

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless...

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless...

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy...

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the...

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...

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and...

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and...

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...

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and...

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and...

Is not old wine wholesomest, old pippins toothsomest, old wood burns brightest, old linen wash...

Is not old wine wholesomest, old pippins toothsomest, old wood burns brightest, old linen wash...

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the...

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the...

No one is guaranteed happiness. You can pursue it, but if you happen to find...

No one is guaranteed happiness. You can pursue it, but if you happen to find...

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

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