They are what we have been through and who we want to be.” – Lauren Hutton

“Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life.

Your life is written on your face.” – Frances McDormand

“That’s another great thing about getting older.“Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.” – Benjamin Franklin.“The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.” – Frank Lloyd Wright.– Warren Buffett, in his speech addressing students at the University of Georgia. That’s the ultimate test of how you have lived your life. When you get to my age, you’ll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you…If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don’t care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.“As with wine, life gets better with age.” – Unknown.“Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.” – Kitty O’Neill Collins.“Old age is just a record of one’s whole life.” – Muhammad Ali.Here are those fascinating views encapsulated in quotes. People who’ve spent some time with their grandparents in their own home or assisted home know they have a unique perspective on life. So we’ve collated the best quotes about life, learning, and growing old to share them with you. Younger people can learn a couple of quotes about wisdom and age from those who have walked down the road. After all, experience is the true teacher. People who have spent time with their grandparents or got a chance to talk to a random older person on the street know that people who carry years of experience on their backs are repositories of wisdom. Deena got a great deal of wisdom from her oma, which she lives by to this day. One day she asked, “How do you live to be 100, oma?” Her grandmother humorously replied, “Eat steel-cut oats and dark chocolate, and be less neurotic.” Perhaps it was another way of saying to her not to take life seriously and take deep breaths during insane moments. She would often stay for hours over a late afternoon tea and listen to her oma, narrating exciting anecdotes of her younger self-her struggles in life, unforgettable experiences, and lessons learned. Deena, Amy’s Eden founder, used to look after her grandmother in her care home.

Senior quotes about growing up