Robert Plant Quotes

As I grow older, I like to think I'm getting a little bit more mature.

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.

I suspect I was not the first 21-year-old who thought he knew more than he did. And one of the virtues of age, one of the virtues of getting married and becoming a father, is it often leads one to take a more measured approach to life.

I think for all of us, as we age, there are always a few moments when you are shocked.

I've become a lot wiser over the years.

The older you get, the better you realize you were.

It's a good thing I learned some humility and perspective as I got older.

When I was younger, I was actually looking forward to getting older, to have more insight, more understanding.

The years that pass eat up your margin for error until there is no margin left. The mistakes you make are no longer flaws of inexperience, they are flaws of character. To be young is to be constantly on the precipice of perfection—just a little further and you’ll get there—but you never get there, and suddenly you’re old, and find yourself in a permanent state of imperfection, which you must reckon with.

I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

I'm at peace with myself and where I am. In the past, I was always looking to see how everybody else was doing. I wasn't competitive, I was comparative. I just wanted to be where everybody else was. Now I've gotten to an age when I am not comparing anymore.

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.

I'm going to be 60, and I'm almost used to myself.

I think I've become more modest as the years have gone on.

By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.

You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

It's a beautiful thing at 60 to know who you are.

So, do I think I'm missing something? I really don't, and I think that comes with age.

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.

My goal is to get quieter as I get older.

I'm beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82.

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.

As you get older, you're always maturing, you're always learning something new about yourself.

As you get older, you look at things differently.

I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older.