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

When life is hard it’s easy to focus only on the bad things and forget all about the good things God has given us.  But God has blessed every one of us in ways we often overlook.  - Billy Graham 

Count your life by smiles, not tears. Count your age by friends, not years. - Unknown

Those who love deeply never grow old; They may die of old age, but they die young. - Benjamin Franklin

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 the time for its application. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Age is an issue of mind over matter.  If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter - Mark Twain

The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.  - Madeleine L’Engle

Old age takes away what we’ve inherited, and gives us what we’ve earned. - Unknown

Everyone is the age of their heart - Guatemalan Proverb

It’s important to have a twinkle in your wrinkle. - Author Unknown

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

Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty – they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.  - Martin Buxbaum

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you was?  - Satchel Paige

Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional. - Walt Disney

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.  - Jack Benny

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.  -Victor Hugo

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

Old age is Satan’s last chance to blow us off course.  - Billy Graham

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Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.  1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NLT

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