If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old.
-James A. Garfield
Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years.
People grow old by deserting their ideals.
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up wrinkles the soul.
- General Douglas MacArthur
Age may wrinkle the face, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
- Danish proverb
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age.
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich
A man is as young as he thinks...
ReplyDeleteGreat quotes for the theme and I love that photograph. Happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteNice quotes! Nice photo too:) Happy Weekend!
ReplyDeleteI like this shot, and the quotes are excellent. Mine will be up in a couple of hours.
ReplyDeleteI want to thank you for your sympathy last Wednesday. The kindness from yourself and others has helped so much.
Cet homme a d ela chance de se déplacer encore au pas des chevaux. C'est pour lui l'occasion de rencontrer des personnes avec lesquelles il peut parler.
ReplyDeleteI really love your quotes about wrinkles. My post has a similar theme. :D
ReplyDeleteWell done for this week! That is really good. :)
ReplyDeleteamen to the quotes on the elderly and ageing!
ReplyDeleteGreat choice for today's theme... Mine's up too , hope you can hop at corner too... Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteThe quotes you chose were beautiful with the photo. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteGreat photo,enhanced by the quotes. Happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteThe wonderul words fit the image perfectly. We in the west are so afraid of growing older when we should embrace it.
ReplyDeletelovely shot! :)
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Bonjour !
ReplyDeleteIl a quoi sur la tête l'âne ???
Thank you for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteThe quotes are wonderful. So is the photo. Well, it's up to a person to think whether he's young or old. It's all in the mind. :)
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Beautiful quote... beautiful photo. Thank you for sharing your perspective.
ReplyDeletea friend of mine who is an artist painted a close up of a similar old guy with a huge red turban & his whole face has got a dark tan. I wish i had an image it looks so similar to your photo. Where did you click this?
ReplyDeleteThank you all for wonderful and encouraging comments.
ReplyDeleteI was taking some 'Wheel' photographs in Sector-17, Vashi for the next week's theme.
The elderly man (he was 80+ but he didn't know how much) came up to me and asked me to take his photo. See how determined he is facing the camera. Then he asked me to give some money for his cow.
After I gave him some coins, he moved on to some shop for his regular visit.
I was wondering what to click for this theme when he came as a blessing in disguise. Ain't I lucky?