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    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

    Seize The Moment/Only One Life

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    “Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.”

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    — Winston Churchill, British statesman, soldier, and writer. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955

    “ ‘Tis never too late to be wise.”

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    — Daniel Defoe, 18th-century English novelist and journalist whose work includes the novel, Robinson Crusoe.

    “I used to be young but I got over it.”

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    — Patricia Prijatel, the E.T. Meredith Distinguished Professor Emerita at Drake University, author and a health writer for numerous national print and online publications. This quote was from her recent post in Psychology Today.

    “You can’t be the kid standing at the top of the water slide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.”

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    — Tina Fey, American actress, comedienne, writer and producer

    “It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.”

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    — George Sand, the pen name for a 19th century female French novelist, memoirist, and journalist

    “Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.”

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    — Harold Kushner, American rabbi and best-selling author, best known for his monumental book, When Bad Things Happen To Good People.