Billy Graham Quotes

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

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life.

Being old is such a treat!

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

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.

At 93, I'm not looking forward to fame and fortune.

I'm old and happy. I've had a good life.

Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Old age is the only thing that lives up to its reputation.

Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.

The biggest lie about getting older is that excitement and growth end with youth.

Mr. Barnes, it is because I have lived very much that now I can enjoy everything so well

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough.

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.

If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure we will sail into quiet and pleasent waters for our old age.

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.

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

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.