Famous Quotes

"To me - old age is always ten years older than I am."

John Burroughs on Age

More quotes about Age

• "Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."

  Mark Twain on Age

• "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."

  Henry Ford on Age

• "Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been."

  Mark Twain on Age

• "True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country."

  Kurt Vonnegut on Age

• "A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age."

  Robert Frost on Age

More quotes by John Burroughs

• "If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go."

• "To me - old age is always ten years older than I am."

• "A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else."

• "A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying."

• "The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are."