Aging Quotes - Page 14

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment.

People do not retire. They are retired by others.

Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.

Conserving energy and thus saving money, reducing consumption of unnecessary products and packaging and shifting to a clean-energy economy would likely hurt the bottom line of polluting industries, but would undoubtedly have positive effects for most of us.

I could not help but think that somewhere along the way we had missed what was radical about our faith and replaced it with what is comfortable.

Christianity does not begin with our pursuit of Christ, but with Christ’s pursuit of us.

All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves.

The more you do, the more you can do.

It is discouraging to try to be a good neighbor in a bad neighborhood.

It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it.

Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.

One of the things I'm adamant about as a bandleader is not micromanaging. I'm an advocate for the concept of allowing everyone to be fully vested in what they're doing, so everyone contributes whatever they're inspired to contribute.

Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.

The older we grow, the greater become the ordeals.

If we are not allowed to deal with small problems, we will be destroyed by slightly larger ones. When we come to understand this, we live our lives not avoiding problems, but welcoming them them as challenges that will strengthen us so that we can be victorious in the future.

Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks.

Men have the grand vision, and they pass it on to somebody else to put into practice. Women follow the details more, they want to know that it is being put into practice.

When one door closes another door opens. Usually a refrigerator.

Getting old ain't for the faint of heart.

It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.

Nothing takes God by surprise. He knows the future and can therefore guide us through its trackless ways.

But we are here to depart from this world as finished as we can possibly become.

What one has to do usually can be done.

We can rest confident in the fact that nothing will happen to us in this world apart from the gracious will of a sovereign God. Nothing.