To Give Up Enthusiasm Wrinkles the Soul

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The best thing about getting old is that all those things you couldn’t have when you were young you no longer want. – Earl Wilson

A man is not old till regrets take the place of dreams. – John Barrymore

A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Nobody grows old by living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin; but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair – these are the long years that bow the heart and turn the greening spirit back to dust. – Anonymous

To retire is the beginning of death. – Pablo Casals

When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch. – Robert C. Sherriff