Life, Too Important, Ever Talk Seriously, Oscar Wilde

“Life is far too important to ever talk seriously about.” - Oscar Wilde

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 32.

People, Trust Their Government, Barack Obama

"If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost." - Barack Obama

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/barack_obama_409130.

Children, Great Comfort, Old Age, Lionel Kaufman

“Children are a great comfort in your old age, and they help you reach it faster, too.” - Lionel Kaufman

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 23.

Born a Women, Drag Queen, Dolly Parton

“It's a good thing that I was born a woman, or I'd have been a drag queen.” - Dolly Parton, rags-to-riches country music mogul.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 21.

Lawyers, Children, Charles Lamb

“Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.” - Charles Lamb

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 98.

Graveyards, Indispensable Men, Charles De Gaulle

“The graveyards are full of indispensable men.” - Charles De Gaulle

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 93.

Perfectionism, Voice of the Oppressor, Anne Lamott

“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren't even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it.” ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Found on GoodReads at Anne Lamott's quote page.

We, The People, Responsibilities, Rights, Barack Obama

"We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense." - Barack Obama

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/lists/authors/top-10-barack-obama-quotes.

Battle of the Sexes, Fraternizing with the Enemy, Henry Kissinger

“Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.” ― Henry Kissinger

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/28442.Henry_Kissinger.

Old Age, Candlelit Tables, Can't Read the Menu, Lois L. Kaufman

“Old age is when candlelit tables are no longer romantic because you can't read the menu.” - Lois L. Kaufman

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 20.

Stand the Heat, Kitchen, Harry S. Truman

“If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.” - Harry S. Truman

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 59.

Healthy Disregard, Impossible, University of Michigan

“[Have a] healthy disregard for the impossible.” - Slogan for Leaderscape, a University of Michigan summer leadership course

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 91.

Everything I Had, Little Bit Lower, Gypsy Rose Lee

“I have everything I had twenty years ago, only it's a little bit lower.” - Gypsy Rose Lee

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 58.

Child Miseducated, Child Lost, John F. Kennedy

“A child miseducated is a child lost.” - John F. Kennedy

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 85.

Most Women, One Man, Welfare, Gloria Steinem

"Most women are one man away from welfare." - Gloria Steinem

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/gloria_steinem_105163.

Bitterness, Coward's Revenge, For Having Been Hurt, Zora Neal Hurston

“Bitterness is the coward's revenge on the world for having been hurt.” ― Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15151.Zora_Neale_Hurston.

Times That Try Men's Souls, The Harder the Conflict, The More Glorious the Triumph, Thomas Paine

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.' - Thomas Paine

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/175410-these-are-the-times-that-try-men-s-souls-the-summer.

Avoiding Temptation, It Will Avoid You, Joey Adams

“Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.” - Joey Adams

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 18.

Get, What We Expect, Norman Vincent Peale

“We tend to get what we expect.” - Norman Vincent Peale

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 28.

When You Pray, Feet, African Proverb

“When you pray, move your feet.” - African proverb

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 66.

Age, Mind Over Matter, Satchel Paige

“Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.” - Satchel Paige

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 57.

Dance, Perfectly Free, Rumi

“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.” ― Rumi

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi.

Silent About Your Pain, Kill You, Enjoyed It, Zora Neale Hurston

“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” ― Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15151.Zora_Neale_Hurston.

Most Important Things, Hardest to Say, Stephen King

“The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them -- words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That's the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller but for want of an understanding ear.” ― Stephen King

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.

Nothing, Inevitable, Samuel J. Palmisano

“Nothing is inevitable.” - Samuel J. Palmisano, one-time CEO of IBM

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 100.

My Husband, Redhead, Dyed My Hair, Jane Fonda

“My husband said he wanted to have a relationship with a redhead, so I dyed my hair red.” - Activist/film star Jane Fonda, capable of changing her colors at the drop of an aerobic sock.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 24.

Time to Repair the Roof, John F. Kennedy

“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.” - John F. Kennedy

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 84.

Life, Backwards, Forwards, Soren Kieregaard

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” - Soren Kieregaard

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 38.

Clever, Change the World, Wise, Changing Myself, Rumi

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ― Rumi

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi.

Fight City Hall, Rumor, Audre Lorde

“That you can't fight City Hall is a rumor being circulated by City Hall.” - Audre Lorde

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 91.

Books, Perfect Entertainment, Hours of Enjoyment, Stephen King

“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.” ― Stephen King

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.