If you’re looking to inspire and uplift the seniors in your life, there’s nothing quite like a powerful quote to do the trick. Here are the top 99 inspirational quotes for the elderly:
1. “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” – Mark Twain
2. “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” – George Bernard Shaw
3. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
4. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
5. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
6. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
7. “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
8. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
9. “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
10. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
11. “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey
12. “True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
13. “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” – Plato
14. “It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.” – Adlai Stevenson
15. “The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.” – Robert F. Kennedy
16. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
17. “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
18. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein
19. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
20. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller
21. “Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.” – Sarah Louise Delany
22. “The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” – William Saroyan
23. “Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” – Betty Friedan
24. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
25. “The only way to have a good day is to start it with a positive attitude.” – Unknown
26. “The only limits in life are the ones you make.” – Unknown
27. “The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you’ve come.” – Unknown
28. “It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
29. “You’re never too old to learn something new.” – Unknown
30. “Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional.” – Walt Disney
31. “Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.” – Douglas MacArthur
32. “The only true disability in life is a bad attitude.” – Scott Hamilton
33. “The key to successful aging is to pay as little attention to it as possible.” – Judith Regan
34. “You don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.” – Michael Pritchard
35. “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey
36. “Age is an opportunity no less than youth itself.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
37. “Age is an issue of mind. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” – Mark Twain
38. “You’re never too old to be young.” – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
39. “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” – Soren Kierkegaard
40. “You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.” – George Burns
41. “The best thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.” – Madeleine L’Engle
42. “It’s not the age that matters, it’s the attitude.” – Unknown
43. “The only way to have a good life is to stop worrying about getting old.” – Unknown
44. “Age is just a number, and it’s never too late to start living.” – Unknown
45. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
46. “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.” – Alexander the Great
47. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
48. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
49. “If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
50. “If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.” – Martin Luther
51. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
52. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” – Robert Frost
53. “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.” – Malcolm X
54. “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” – Helen Keller
55. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
56. “If you can dream it, you can achieve it.” – Zig Ziglar
57. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
58. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
59. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
60. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
61. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
62. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
63. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
64. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
65. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
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