Quotes about healthy aging, prosperous retirement and active living, authored by gerontologist Dr David J. Demko

Quotable Quotes - inspiration and humor
by David James Demko, copyright: U.S. Library of Congress, ISSN 1088-5889

People retire. Minds don't.

Successful retirement depends on what you retire to, not from.

Retirement is more a state of mind than a stage of life.

If people lived forever ...
they would take forever to get anything done.

Smart people answer questions. Wise people question answers.

Any one dumb enough to believe he evolved from an ape ...probably did.

Social freedom without personal accountability creates chaos.

Maximum human life-span is estimated to be 120 years, but life-expectancy is only 79 years, a 41-year gap.
Gero-science is the use of multi-disciplinary research to produce scientific remedies to close the 41-year gap.

Lifelong Learning is the vital sign that accelerates the pulse of your life.

The quest for eternal youth is not a very mature goal.

Your life counts when others can count on you.

If it were not for the Internet, people with nothing to say would have no place to say it.

Mention the middle east, and most Americans think ...
you are talking about Chicago.

Doctors give annual prostate test two thumbs up.

An optometrist is a student of the pupil.

If you cannot change your life, then change the way you live it?

Our faith in science adds years to our life. Our faith in God adds life to our years.

Do not curse your competitors. They are the reason for your constant improvement.

Why you age is up to nature. How you age is up to you.

Reigns of terror grow nothing but the seeds of discontent.

Micro-management is the trademark of a micro-mind.

On July 4th, Americans shoot firecrackers instead of each other.
The event is limited to one day per year, because
firecrackers are more regulated than handguns.

The secret to eternal life? God only knows.

Those who think nice guys always finish last,
apparently do not know where to draw the line.

People look up to those who stand for something.

The best newspapers report the news in a manner
they believe will make their readers well-read.
The worst newspapers report the news in a manner
they believe will make their newspaper well-read.

Make-up is the easiest way to appear younger.
When asked your age, just make-up a number.

Human aging compensates for every loss.
As women lose their looks, men lose their vision.

Retirement is the best time to stop acting your age.

Health hath no fury like an HMO.

Some people spend so much time trying to improve their life ...
there is no time left to enjoy it.

Ignorance is the fertilizer that makes bigotry blossom.

The process that makes you old is not the broadening of your age,
but the narrowing of your mind.

Between 1900-2000, time spent in retirement increased one thousand percent,
14 months to 15 years.

Winners find an excuse for working hard.
Losers find an excuse for hardly working.

The computer's cursor is the person trying to use it.

Failure results from trying to please countless people.
Success results from pleasing people who count.

Those who CAN, do. Those who CANNOT, teach.
Those incapable of either, get put in charge.

75% of all problems in later life are the result of lifestyle,
not the process of aging.

Holiday gift shopping is an excellent example of present-tense action.

If you do not start somewhere you will end up nowhere near anywhere.