Inspirational quotations for older adults to find encouragement and motivation
Whether you’re facing challenges, seeking new adventures, or simply looking for encouragement, these top 10 inspirational quotes for senior citizens offer encouragement and motivation to help them find purpose, joy, and fulfillment in their golden years.
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What is life? |
Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
Hans Christian Andersen
- Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.
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How to live a happy life? |
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.
Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time.
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Keep your sense of humor |
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they’re okay, then it’s you.
Rita Mae Brown
- Rita Mae Brown is an American feminist writer.
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What is really complicated? |
Sometimes the questions are complicated, and the answers are simple.
Dr. Seuss
- Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American children’s author and cartoonist.
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Life is a long lesson in… |
Life is a long lesson in humility.
James M. Barrie
- Sir James Matthew Barrie was a Scottish novelist and playwright.
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Good thoughts matter |
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
Roald Dahl
- Roald Dahl was a British popular author of children’s literature and short stories, a poet, and wartime fighter ace.
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How to perceive things? |
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart.
Helen Keller
- Helen Adams Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer.
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The older you get the more you realize that… |
The older you get the more you realize that kindness is synonymous with happiness.
Lionel Barrymore
- Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director.
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Is it too late? |
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
George Eliot
- Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, and translator.
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Am I too old? |
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
C. S. Lewis
- Clive Staples Lewis was a British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian.
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What is the secret of happiness? |
Not in doing what you like but in liking what you do is the secret of happiness.
J. M. Barrie
- Sir James Matthew Barrie was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan.
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