A lot of us get very depressed when we look at how old we actually are. Well, hopefully these quotes can help you out:

A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world. – Maurice Chevalier

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one’s teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement. – Dwight L. Moody

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age. – Amos Bronson Alcott

Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone. – Jim Fiebig

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. – Don Marquis

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity. – Tom Stoppard

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. – Mark Twain

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. – Henry Ford

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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. – T. S. Eliot

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. – Lauren Bacall

I’m not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You’re as old as you feel. – Henri Frederic Amiel

I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work. – William Ernest Hocking

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day’s long. – Pope Paul VI

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us. – Beverly Sills

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen. – Brigitte Bardot

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. – Samuel Ullman

Old age is fifteen years older than I am. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternatives. – Cato

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator. – Confucious

Hopefully those quotes help you all out who are feeling down about aging. It happens, just make the best of it.