Friday 3 September 2010

Growing old

"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

4 comments:

jams o donnell said...

I love that quote Ruth, very true!

Sean Jeating said...

So let's enthusiastically welcome our wrinkles.

Claude said...

I read somewhere(?)that the secret of life is to die young...but as late as possible. This goes well with your beautiful quotation. I couldn't live with myself if I would let my dreams die. And nobody else....

CherryPie said...

We should always hold true to ourselves to keep young and alive. It is also the pathway to wisdom.