Seniors Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old seniors quotes, seniors sayings, and seniors proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance. David Mamet
A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. Dorothea Kent
You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old. George Burns
Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age. George Sand
Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavour to understand him. George Santayana
Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness. Harold Kushner
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. Henry David Thoreau
To know how to grow old is the masterwork of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. Herman Melville
It’s amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday. John Guare
Memory tempers prosperity mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age. Lactantius
The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been. Madeleine L’Engle
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. Pearl S. Buck
The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members Pearl S. Buck
He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age Plato
As we grow old, the beauty steals inward. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning you're not old. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair Samuel Ullman
Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay. Simone De Beauvoir
There is a fountain of youth it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. Sophia Loren
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age. Thomas Bailey Aldrich
One person’s craziness is another person’s reality. Tim Burton
The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. unknown
The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind. William Wordsworth
The longer you look back, the farther you can look forward. Winston Churchill
The past is always tense, the future perfect. Zadie Smith