“My Birthday! what a difference sound That word had in my youthful ears; And how each time the day comes round, Less and less white its mark appears.”
Thomas Moore
“I don't worry about yesterday because it is already gone. I use the energy I have to survive for today because it is all I have. When I survive today I hope I can see tomorrow.”
Godsway Sappor
“Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.”
Victor Hugo
“And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.”
Helen Rowland
“The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.”
Seneca
“The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.”
Lucille Ball