They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. ~Author Unknown
Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude for getting him into that predicament. But a child does owe his father a debt, if Dad, having gotten him into this peck of trouble, takes off his coat and buckles down to the job of showing his son how best to crash through it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~Gloria Naylor
Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life. ~Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
You're not 40, you're eighteen with 22 years experience. ~Author Unknown
Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. ~Red Buttons
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it. ~Mark Twain
We know we're getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it. ~Author Unknown
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. ~Author Unknown
Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again. ~Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Dad, you're someone to look up to no matter how tall I've grown. ~Author Unknown
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