Age Quotes and Messages

Age is a privilege that not everyone is given. If you're lucky enough to be aging, embrace it! Age brings wisdom, experience, and a deeper appreciation for life. Find inspiration to celebrate the beauty and wisdom of aging with these age quotes.

As you get older, you don’t get wiser. You get irritable.

As you get older, you don’t get wiser. You get irritable.

Youth is the gift of nature but age is a work of art.

Youth is the gift of nature but age is a work of art.

With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.

With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.

Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born.

Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born.

A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.

A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.

Respect the young and chastise your elders. It’s about time the world was set aright.

Respect the young and chastise your elders. It’s about time the world was set aright.

You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.

You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

Children are a great comfort in your old age - and they help you reach it faster, too.

Children are a great comfort in your old age - and they help you reach it faster, too.

Many moons have passed, and the mind did grow and the body too. I just wish sometimes I had this worldly knowledge when I was younger.

Many moons have passed, and the mind did grow and the body too. I just wish sometimes I had this worldly knowledge when I was younger.

Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

I will not hold my opponent's youthful inexperience against him.

I will not hold my opponent's youthful inexperience against him.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

I’m happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

I’m happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

Men are like wine – some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

Men are like wine – some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

Aging, at all phases of life, means leaving behind one stage to move on to another.

Aging, at all phases of life, means leaving behind one stage to move on to another.

No person, at any age, needs to remain on an uninspiring level of accomplishment.

No person, at any age, needs to remain on an uninspiring level of accomplishment.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

I’m not afraid of aging.

I’m not afraid of aging.

The finest gift a man can give to his age and time is the gift of a constructive and creative life.

The finest gift a man can give to his age and time is the gift of a constructive and creative life.

You are never too old to become younger!

You are never too old to become younger!

Age is a necessary but insufficient requirement for growing up. There are immature old people, and there are appropriately mature young people.

Age is a necessary but insufficient requirement for growing up. There are immature old people, and there are appropriately mature young people.

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

I believe we can keep ourselves young by surrounding ourselves with things that make us feel young.

I believe we can keep ourselves young by surrounding ourselves with things that make us feel young.

Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age.

Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age.

Music is often our last link in old age to our former selves.

Music is often our last link in old age to our former selves.

Age is frequently beautiful, wisdom appearing like an aftermath.

Age is frequently beautiful, wisdom appearing like an aftermath.

We count by changes and events within us. Not by years.

We count by changes and events within us. Not by years.

Age isn’t how old you are but how old you feel.

Age isn’t how old you are but how old you feel.

Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

Cautious age suspects the flattering form, and only credits what experience tells.

Cautious age suspects the flattering form, and only credits what experience tells.

Once we hit a certain age, growing older becomes just a number. We start to dread when a birthday comes, we want to be much younger.

Once we hit a certain age, growing older becomes just a number. We start to dread when a birthday comes, we want to be much younger.

Age makes you want to hold everyone you love as close as you can.

Age makes you want to hold everyone you love as close as you can.