old quotes

“Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.”

— Abraham Maslow

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

— Oscar Wilde

“I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.”

— Henny Youngman

“I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350 years old! America is still a project, and you guys are working on it and bringing new things to it every day. That is beautiful to watch.”

— Antonio Banderas

“I think Shrek makes an effect in older people. And there are many things in the movie that you saw that are not for kids. Kids would not understand certain things.”

— Antonio Banderas

“An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.”

— Agatha Christie

“Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.”

— Agatha Christie

“A boy's story is the best that is ever told.”

— Charles Dickens

“My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.”

— Pablo Picasso

“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.”

— Confucius

“Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.”

— Dalai Lama

“Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all. ”

— Winston Churchill

“The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst. ”

— Winston Churchill

“Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.”

— Winston Churchill

“Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

“Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.”

— Andre Gide

“Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.”

— Andre Gide

“To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.”

— Og Mandino

“Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.”

— Antoine de Saint Exupery

old quotes

“The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.”

“All would live long, but none would be old.”

“By my rambling digressions I perceive myself to be growing old.”

“Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.”

“If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.”

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

“I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.”

“I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350 years old! America is still a project, and you guys are working on it and bringing new things to it every day. That is beautiful to watch.”

“I think Shrek makes an effect in older people. And there are many things in the movie that you saw that are not for kids. Kids would not understand certain things.”

“An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.”

“Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.”

“A boy's story is the best that is ever told.”

“My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.”

“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.”

“Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.”

“Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all. ”

“The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst. ”

“Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.”

“Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.”

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.”

“Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.”

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

“Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.”

“Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.”

“I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.”

“I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.”

“What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.”

“Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.”

“To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.”

“Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.”