Quotes about Aging and Spirituality

You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.  ~Douglas MacArthur

 

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.  ~Oliver Wendell Holmes  (Thanks Janice!)

 

 

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.  ~Henry Ford

 

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn’t play tennis.  I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.  ~Hugo L. Black

 

The idea is to die young as late as possible.  ~Ashley Montagu

 

12 keys to aging well spiritually

AGING AND SPIRITUALITY: After four years of research, these 12 keys were identified as the foundational principles of aging and spirituality letting us open-up to the special grace of our mature years, and taste life in abundance.

  1. Transform your attitudes about aging,
  2. Seek love everywhere,
  3. Delight in connectedness,
  4. Live in the “Now”
  5. Accept your true self,
  6. Forgive others and self,
  7. Let go of anger and inner turmoil,
  8. Give yourself to others,
  9. Celebrate your faith,
  10. Discover personal meaning in life,
  11. Make your feelings work for you, and
  12. Achieve balance in your life