"How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward." ~Spanish Proverb

"It isn't what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart." ~unknown

"The pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving." ~H.W. Westermayer

"Celebrate life, begin anytime." ~unknown

"Preach the Gospel always and when necessary, use words." ~unknown

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." ~Albert Camus

"For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.
For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad." ~Edwin Teale

"Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn." ~Elizabeth Lawrence

"Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return." ~ Mary Jean Iron

{Not long after I found this quote I lost both of my parents within a span of two years and discovered for myself what it is like to "bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world," the return of normal days.}

"Middle age is when your age starts to show around the middle." ~ Bob Hope

"Old age comes at a bad time." ~ San Banducci

"Birthdays are nature's way of telling us to eat more cake." ~ unknown

"Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative." ~ Maurice Chevalier

"Looking fifty is great – if you’re sixty." ~ Joan Rivers

"If we could be twice young and twice old we could correct all our mistakes." ~ Euripides

"Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest." ~ Father Larry Lorenzoni

"Inside every older person is a younger person – wondering what the hell happened." ~ Cora Harvey Armstrong

"About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age." ~ unknown

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave." ~Elmer Davis

"Don't worry about failure. Worry about the chances you miss if you don't even try." ~unknown

"I love any excuse to be lazy, summer is a good one." ~author unknown