Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

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've had a lot of 'aha' moments, but the big 'aha' about growing older is the mental freedom.

Why are people afraid of getting older? You feel wiser. You feel more mature. You feel like you know yourself better. You would trade that for softer skin? Not me!

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!

Some folks as they grow older grow wise but most folks simply grow stubborner.

As you get older, you get wrinkles and your boobs sag. But you get wisdom, too. So it's not all bad!

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

I know more about what it's like to be elderly and infirm and kind of stupid, the way you get forgetful, but on the other hand I'm a littler, wiser, dare we say? The word 'wisdom' has kind of faded out of our vocabulary, but yeah, I'm a little wiser.

I think I'd like to be one of those eccentric 80-year-old women.

Age gives you a great sense of proportion. You can be very hard on yourself when you're younger but now I just think 'well everybody's absolutely mad and I'm doing quite well'.

I feel more and more at ease, because I think the older I get, the less pressure there is. People say, 'Well, he's not cutting edge because he's not in his twenties, so he's not expected to be.'

One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

You get clarity as you get sober, and you get clarity as you get older.

Age is like love, it cannot be hid.

The wisdom of age: don't stop walking.

I'm more relaxed about life now that I'm older. I like it, despite the wrinkles. It's what I feel inside that's precious.

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

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

As you get older, you find that everything looks better more natural!

The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has had many people to love.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

Few people know how to be old.