We don't grow older, we grow riper.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.
Growing old is not growing up.
Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.
Ageing is inevitable, and the idea that we can be eternally youthful is the pitfall of our society.
We all wish to reach a ripe old age, but none of us are prepared to admit that we are already there.
People always grow and mature.
I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen.