Betty White Quotes

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.

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.

There's a confidence and sense of self that comes with age that I didn't anticipate.

You are more thoughtful because you don't act as quickly anymore. When I turned 70 it was the first time I felt young for my age. Fifty dropped on me like a ton of bricks - there is something about that number - but when 70 came along I felt good about it.

Luckily, I'm not one of those people who wants to be young; it's never bothered me.

By the time you're 30, you know who you are inside. You learn to laugh at things you can't change; you learn to be yourself.

You know, once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself.

I have more self-confidence than I did when I was in my 20s.

I think that as you get older, you learn to live in yourself more securely.

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.

Having 50 to 60 years on the planet should give you a sense of how to master the way you look and live your life.

Honestly, I feel better at 35 than I did at 25.

I want to be older. I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older. I feel way better now than I did when I was 20. I'm stronger, I'm smarter in every way, I'm so much less crazy than I was then.

I had the great advantage of a mother who used to tell me the most beautiful years of a woman's life are ages 35 to 45.

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.

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

I'm not afraid to play my age. I never was. I've never been an ingenue. I like getting older.

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

I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point.

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.

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention to how you feel and not letting anyone else dictate what in your heart you know is right.

I'm not afraid of a rant, am I? I've got to that point where I've just become a woman; I think I've just grown.

My habit would have been to veer towards the dark - to prove I was something; edgy, or maybe to prove that I was cognisant of the dark side. Now, with age and confidence, I can say, yeah, that's true, but I am cognisant of the fact that people can do things well. And can be more loving than you expect.