Tuesday’s Ten: My Favorite Quotes

It’s interesting how a short saying can really affect the way we think, feel, and act. Quotes can make us see things in a new way, give us strength, motivate us, or help us grow as individuals. Other times we just find them funny and completely relatable.

Here are 10 that have stuck with me:

Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been.

David Bowie

Nothing makes a woman look so old as desperately trying to look young.

Coco Chanel

Golf is a nice relaxing way to get really frustrated and super disappointed in yourself.

Unknown

Bloom where you are planted.

Saint Francies de Sales

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”

Fred Rogers

Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences.

Sylvia Plath

Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marching across your face.

Dolly Parton

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

Ronald Reagan

Little boys should never be sent to bed. They always wake up a day older.

J.M. Barrie

It’s paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn’t appeal to anyone. 

Andy Rooney