When granted many years of life, growing old in age is natural, but growing old with grace is a choice. Growing older with grace is possible for all who will set their hearts and minds on the Giver of grace, the Lord Jesus Christ. - Billy Graham
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Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it you’ve got to start young. - Theodore Roosevelt
Youth is the time for assimilation of wisdom. Old age is time for its application. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber. So long as it receives a message of beauty, hope, cheer, and courage – so long are you young. When the wires are all down and our heart is covered with the snow of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and only then, are you grown old. - Douglas MacArthur
Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age. - Booth Tarkington
Count your life by smiles, not tears. Count your age by friends, not years. - Author Unknown
The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been. - Madeleine L’Engle
When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age. - Victor Hugo
It’s important to have a twinkle in your wrinkle. - Author Unknown
Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young. - Benjamin Franklin
Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty—they merely move it from their faces into their hearts. - Martin Buxbaum
God doesn’t call you to be successful; He calls you to be faithful. - Mother Teresa
Old age is Satan’s last chance to blow us off course. - Billy Graham
Old age takes away what we’ve inherited, and gives us what we’ve earned. - Billy Graham
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Wisdom belongs to the aged, and understanding to the old. Job 12:12 NLT
Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom. Psalm 90:12 NLT
That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! 2 Corinthians 4:16-17 NLT
But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 NLT
My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; He is mine forever. Psalm 73:26 NLT
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