Saint Augustine Quotes

Years do not make sages; they only make old men.

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death.

A man growing old becomes a child again.

Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.

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

I definitely want to grow intelligently, but I do want to stay a kid forever!

I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

When you're in an industry where you're forced to grow up so quickly, part of you never grows up, and that's a good thing.

The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.

By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life seriously, but never ourselves.

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.

What would anyone want to write about me for? I'm just an old lady.

I suppose you always look back at how easier things were being young. There's always a shame that you're not as naive as you were.

I think I'm a little less naive than SpongeBob can sometimes seem to be.

I wasn't in any hurry to grow up and become this worldly person.

I softened in my old age.

There are so few who can grow old with a good grace.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.

A man cannot become a child again, or he becomes childish.

We who are old know that age is more than a disability. It is an intense and varied experience, almost beyond our capacity at times, but something to be carried high.

The most important thing is growing old gracefully.

It may be a movement towards becoming like little children to admit that we are generally nothing else.