“Today is the first day of the rest of your life.”

“The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.”

“To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kind, cheerful, reverent — that is to triumph over old age.”

“Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.”

“When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like…

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward.”