Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

Chili Davis

Live not one’s life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Roman Emperor)

Think of birthdays this way: you’re not getting older, you’re getting wiser.

Author Unknown

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover

Mark Twain