Age is not measured
Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old and tired while others are going strong at seventy. Dorothy Thompson
Inspirational Birthday
Time may be a
Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician. Dorothy Parker
Except ye become as
Except ye become as little children, except you can wake on your fiftieth birthday with the same forward-looking excitement and interest in life that you enjoyed when you were five, “ye cannot enter the kingdom of God.” One must not only die daily, but every day we must be born again. Dorothy L. Sayers
One of the many
One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it’s such a nice change from being young. Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Men at forty Learn
Men at forty Learn to close softly The doors to rooms they will not be Coming back to. Donald Justice
Of middle age the
Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. Don Marquis
The greatest gifts you
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. Denis Waitley
The lovely thing about
The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more. Colleen McCullough
Because the birthday of
Because the birthday of my life Is come, my love is come to me. Christina Rossetti
Some turn to vinegar,
Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. C. E. M. Joad