Quotes of Maturing - somelinesforyou

“ One trouble with growing older is that it gets progressively tougher to find a famous historical figure who didn't amount to much when he was your age. ”

- Bill Vaughan

“ I'm growing old, I delight in the past. ”

- Henri Matisse

“ What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it. ”

- Brigitte Bardot

“ Growing old - it's not nice, but it's interesting. ”

- Johan August Strindberg

“ As the world is wearie of me so am I of it. ”

- John Knox

“ People don't grow old. When they stop growing, they become old. ”

- Unknown

“ You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly. ”

- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

“ Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old. ”

- Washington Irving

“ Growing old is not growing up. ”

- Doug Horton

“ Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you have not committed. ”

- Anthony Powell

“ How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? ”

- Satchel Paige

“ The trick is growing up without growing old. ”

- Casey Stengel

“ Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form. ”

- Andre Maurois

“ The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth. ”

- Marya Mannes

“ Real adulthood is the result of two qualities: self-discipline and self-reliance. The process of developing them together in balance is called maturing. ”

- J.W. Jepson
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