Albanian Proverb Quotes

The old know what they want; the young are sad and bewildered.

A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.

As human beings we value the experience that comes with age. We are reminded over and over again with statements like 'older and wiser' and 'respect your elders,' promoting age as something to be cherished and respected.

For me, there are two types of people: the young and the experienced.

Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles.

Older people, who just happen to have been around longer, may not be cleverer than the young, but they have seen more.

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

No man grows wise but he have his share of winters.

Elders are the books of the young.

What is cowardice in the young is wisdom in the old, but all the same one can be ashamed of wisdom.”

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

The old idea that you grow wiser as you get older, and you learn from your elders, is actually completely wrong.

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it.

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.

Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.

There are definitely elements of experience and stuff that someone who's my age wouldn't have. But there are also things that I can do that other people wouldn't necessarily be able to.

A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they showed their true colors would be seen by rights to belong rather to old age.

When you're young, you don't have any experience - you're charged up, but you're out of control. And if you're old and you're not charged up, then all you have is memories. But if you're charged and stimulated by what's going on around you, and you also have experience, you know what to appreciate and what to pass by.

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

It's a society of knowledge and experience. You have better experience and knowledge when you are 60, 65 and 70.

As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women who inspire me - their experience makes them better.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Time, still as he flies, adds increase to her truth, and gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.