Old Quotes

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of their blood.

Altogether, Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died. (Genesis 5:27)

That sign of old age, extolling the past at the expense of the present.

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. (Deuteronomy 32:7)

I grow old ever learning many things.

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. (Job 12:12)

No man loves life like him that’s growing old.

And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. (Job 16:8)

How earthy old people become – mouldy as the grave! Their wisdom smacks of the earth. There is no foretaste of immortality in it. They remind me of earth worms and mole crickets.

Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. (2 Corinthians 4:16)