* “The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.” –Madeleine L'Engle

* You are having a senior moment when: Now that you have all the time in the world to put your snapshots in photo albums, you have no idea who the people in the photos are.

* “A sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile through the unbearable.” –Moshe Waldoks

* “Appreciation can make a day; even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.” –Margaret Cousins

* ”Attitudes are more important than facts.” –Karl A. Menninger

* “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.” –Helen Adams Keller

* “Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.” –Danny Thomas

* “You are leaving port under sealed orders and in a troubled period. You cannot know whither you are going or what you are to do. But why not take the Pilot on board who knows the nature of your sealed orders from the outset, and who will shape your entire voyage accordingly? He knows the shoals and the sandbanks, the rocks and the reefs, He will steer you safely into that celestial harbor where your anchor will be cast for eternity. Let His almighty nail-pierced hands hold the wheel, and you will be safe.” –Peter Marshall

* “The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” - Dorothy Nevill

* “Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” Isaiah 46:4 NIV

* “Life doesn’t have to be perfect to be wonderful.” - Annette Funicello

* “Did you ever look in a mirror and wonder how your pantyhose got so wrinkled…and then remember you weren’t wearing any?” - Phyllis Diller

* “Happiness is a matter of one’s most ordinary, everyday mode of consciousness: being busy, and lively, and unconcerned with self.” – Iris Murdoch

* “Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” - Dorothy Bernard

* “For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.” - Bette Howland

* "The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love." --William Wordsworth

* "Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning." -- W. Faber

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