Andre Maurois Quotes

The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

Age for me is just a number.

Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

A lot of people are frightened by old age - by being around people who are, basically, on their way out - but I'm fascinated by it. It's an amazing thing to be around someone who has had a life well lived.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don't fully appreciate.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

Old age may have its limitations and challenges, but in spite of them, our latter years can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling of our lives.

Now there is this whole terror about getting old. Today, that fascination with youth is overrated. What's so special about being young? I just say that because I'm old.

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

Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.

I wouldn't be young again even if it were possible, but I am not going to pretend that growing old is all sweetness and light.

If you're asking me to acknowledge that I've gotten older, I can do that.

I've finally become an old guy.

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

I've never been scared of aging.

Do we all become garrulous and confidential as we approach the gates of old age? Is it that we instinctively feel, and cannot help asserting, our one advantage over the younger generation, which has so many over us? - the one advantage of time!

The most important thing is growing old gracefully.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.

The thing about growing old is you have to accept it - if you don't, you'll be as miserable as sin. You've got to try and find the few good things about it.