Created with sketchtool. Created with sketchtool.
Sign Up for Free Weekly Newsletter



    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

    quote

    Back to Categories

    “I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory. I wish I’d invented it, because it is very true.”

    — Audrey Hepburn, Award-winning, Belgian-born British actress and humanitarian

    “A good half of the art of living is resilience.”

    — Alain de Botton, Swiss-born author, writer, and public speaker, who emphasizes the relevance of philosophy to everyday life

    “Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart- it’s all a person has.”

    — Hubert Humphrey, American politician who served as the 38th Vice President of the United States

    “The art of life is a constant readjustment to our surroundings.”

    — Kakuzo Okakura, an early 20th-century Japanese art critic best known in the United States for his book, The Book Of Tea, “One of the twentieth century’s most influential books on art, beauty, and simplicity.”

    “Well-being cannot exist just in your own head. Well-being is a combination of feeling good as well as actually having meaning, good relationships and accomplishment.”

    — Martin Seligman, Renowned American psychologist known for founding the study of “Positive Psychology”

    “Old age is not a disease- it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.”

    — Maggie Kuhn, American activist who founded The Gray Panthers after being forced to retire at age 65