Laurence Fishburne Quotes

I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks - thinner, drier skin.

We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.

I'm getting better, happier, and nicer as I grow older, so I would be terrific in a couple of hundred years time.

I feel - as I'm edging to my thirties, I feel like a stronger person and a more confident person.

One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.

As I get older, I'm more comfortable in my skin.

As you get older you learn some balance and mediation in your life - that's where I am right now. I feel pretty comfortable about things.

I came to realize in my late 20s that my velocity is not going to grow so I had to learn to utilize what I had.

I'm far more comfortable in my 40s than I ever was.

Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn't have before from the experiences I've had.

All experience is good experience.

I think it's nice to age gracefully. OK, you lose the youth, a certain stamina and dewy glow, but what you gain on the inside as a human being is wonderful: the wisdom, the acceptance and the peace of mind. It's a fair exchange.

I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.

Every experience makes you a man.

Forty is better than 30. I have a better understanding of who I am, what makes me tick, what's okay and not okay.

I've been around the block a couple of times, and the guy I am now is the guy I like to be.

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.

I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.

The advantage of age is that you swap youth for wisdom. You're so full of insecurities when you're young. 'Who am I? What do I have to do for people to like me?' You get caught up in things. You get very emotional about things.

I am so far more secure and more grounded and more know who I am than when I was in my 20s.

Granted, I've changed internally as I've gotten older - I take it easy, I know when to stop and take care of myself, I laugh much more and with my belly and soul - but this comes from the confidence and acceptance that comes with maturity.

The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.

When you mature, you also get more secure about yourself. You see things differently.

I'm open. All of my situations have made me who I am.

Everyone talks about how, in your 30s, all of these growing pains transition into wisdom and you feel more self-assured and confident, but I think I had a bit of a jump-start on that at 27.