21 excellent philosophical quotes about getting old

If you’re looking for some philosophical quotes about getting old, I’ve curated 21 little gems for you today.

They all reflect on the ageing process and put it into perspective.

Yes, as we age, we experience more aches and pains and slow down a little. That’s natural. However, for me, getting old is just a state of mind.

And what do I mean?

Well, we’re all getting older every minute of every day, but do we have to get old? I think it’s all down to our philosophy.

By that, I mean, it’s all down to how we choose to look at things. As long as we can retain enthusiasm for life and embrace all things new, then we’re not old at all, in my opinion. Older yes, but not old.

Old is when you’ve had enough of life and you’re ready to embrace the Grim Reaper.

And I hope for you, dear reader, that will be a long, long way off.

In the meantime, here are those 21 philosophical quotes about getting old to help you put it all into perspective.

PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTES ABOUT GETTING OLD

Ageing is just another word for living. ~Cindy Joseph

It’s not how old you are. It’s how you are old. ~Jules Renard

Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional! ~Walt Disney

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were? ~Satchel Paige

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. ~Franz Kafka

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears. ~John Lennon

Too many people, when they get old, think that they must live by the calendar. ~John Glenn

I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don’t have to. ~Albert Einstein

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty. ~Coco Chanel

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

You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred. ~Woody Allen

Getting old is better than being young. You can do what you want to do. ~Karl Pilkington

You know you’re getting old when you go to more funerals than you do weddings. ~Jimmy Dean

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, and the young know everything. ~Oscar Wilde

You know you’re getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It’s like, ‘See if you can blow this out.’ ~Jerry Seinfeld

Getting old is a fascinating thing. The older you get, the older you want to get. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. ~George Bernard Shaw

Middle age is when you sit at home on a Saturday night, the telephone rings, and you hope it isn’t for you. ~Ogden Nash

You know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there. ~George Burns

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

I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, ‘How many good things have you done in your life?’ rather he will ask, ‘How much love did you put into what you did?’ ~Mother Teresa

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