Aphorisms and quotes about age. The main thing is not age, but the state of mind. The main thing is not age, but what’s in your head.

Good day))

On my blog there is an interesting article about women who, having reached retirement age, began to do what they had dreamed of throughout their lives. In the comments to her they asked me: “But where are the men? Did they all die out before the age of 60?”

No, not only have they not become extinct, they also delight and infect others with their example, once again confirming the popular opinion - age is not the main thing, the main thing is what’s in the head.

And if the previous selection was dedicated to amazing women, then today’s article is about no less extraordinary men, for whom an active, real life is not “tied” to age.

Academician Uglov was included in the Guinness Book of Records due to his professional activities as the oldest practicing surgeon.

He performed his last operation at the age of 99.

And throughout his life, the surgeon performed more than 6,500 operations, imagine the number of lives he saved!

To be able to achieve such professional results, Uglov took care of his health; in his words, “you shouldn’t drink or smoke, otherwise all other recommendations will be useless.” He believed that he must maintain his normal weight at all costs, so he always left the table with a slight feeling of hunger.

Uglov’s other tips include: - sleep at least 7-8 hours; - do not take negative information to heart; - love, laugh more.

Although, I think it must have been difficult for him to follow all these recommendations. In addition to him, the family had five children, they lived very modestly, and when Fyodor said that he wanted to be a doctor, his father gave him 30 rubles for the journey, a ticket for the ship, saying that they could not help him anymore. And it took him three weeks to get to his future place of study in Irkutsk, by two ships, by boat, by car and horses.

During World War II, Uglov served in a military hospital as the head of the surgical department, where operations had to be performed under extreme conditions - without sufficient lighting, in the piercing cold. Uglov survived the 900-day siege of Leningrad, all this time working as a surgeon in the besieged city.

In addition to his main practical work, he has written many articles and books.

Fyodor Grigorievich’s youngest child was born when he himself turned 66 years old.

2. And now about another doctor, oncologist surgeon from London, Roger Allsopp

His achievement, listed in the Guinness Book of Records, is not connected with his professional activities.

One fine evening, sitting in the White Horse pub, where all the inside walls were decorated with paintings of those who managed to swim across the English Channel, he decided to try to do the same. Roger was a good swimmer, but he had never done anything like this before.

However, already retired, at the age of 65, he decided to contribute to the cause to which he dedicated his life, to the fight against cancer, and with the help of a solo swim across the English Channel to raise money for a cancer research center.

To do this, he had to swim 64 kilometers of choppy waters of the strait, after which he felt absolutely exhausted, so much so that he decided never to repeat this again.

But time passed, the fatigue after the swim was forgotten, the cancer center needed money for equipment, and, despite the fact that Roger did not become any younger, and by this time he had already turned 70 years and 4 months old, he repeated his swim . At the same time, he broke the record held by George Bronstad, who swam the English Channel at the age of 70 years and 3 days, whose autograph also appeared on the decorated wall of the White Horse pub.

Having waited for good weather, Allsopp came to the shore of the strait to set another record in a funny pink hat. (Look how good Roger looks, it's hard to believe he's 70 here).

This time it was not just difficult to swim, but almost unbearable. At this time, the English Channel currents turned out to be especially active, the water temperature was 16 degrees, however, after swimming non-stop for almost 18 hours, Roger was able to set a new record.

The swim was difficult, in 18 hours Allsopp lost 6 kg of weight, and practically does not remember how he got ashore, now he assures that he will never dare to repeat this alone again. Therefore, now Roger simply swims in the sea every day for 20-30 minutes, even in winter, when the water temperature does not exceed 9 degrees.

3. John Lowe, who dreamed of doing ballet

This story is especially amazing because of John's age. He dances on the professional stage despite the fact that he is 92 (!) years old.

But even that's not all. The fact is that he first took up ballet only when he reached the age of 80.

Every time John watched the ballet, he secretly envied the dancers, and at the age of 79, finally making up his mind, he came to the ballet studio in his city of Ely (this is Great Britain) asking if he could learn how to tap dance; he was embarrassed to ask about ballet classes :)

After a year of complete dedication to tap dancing, Low began to study ballet in the same studio, which, in fact, was what he had been dreaming of all along. Apparently, Lowe felt his extraordinary abilities, because after nine years of training, that is, when he was almost 90 years old, John began performing on stage. Now he has his own role in Prokofiev’s ballet “The Stone Flower”.

John practices at the ballet studio three times a week, plus daily classes at home, sometimes rollerblades for variety, and hangs daily from a trapeze suspended from the ceiling to strengthen his muscles.

Lowe must look great on stage, because his four children and eleven grandchildren come to his performances)))

4. Charles Eugster, who performs remarkable experiments on himself

“We have confused illness and age. Diseases are not at all a necessary condition of old age!” - this is what Charles himself says, after thirty years ago he decided to conduct an amazing experiment, proving that you can grow old without getting sick. And then he turned 60 years old.

It is curious that until he was 60, he was, in his words, an absolute “mattress”, constantly lying on the sofa, which is why he began to have health problems - his blood pressure dropped, and varicose veins bothered him.

One truly wonderful day, Eugster learned about a rowing competition that was being held for people in his age group. And since he was involved in this sport as a child, he decided to try it and got a taste for it so much that he continued to practice for two years. Then Charles noticed that his illnesses stopped bothering him.

He continued training, changed his diet and became interested in the processes that lead to aging. According to him, the cause of most diseases in old age is not so much aging, but the replacement of muscle tissue with fatty tissue, and to prevent this from happening, it is necessary to give constant stress to the body. This is what he did in subsequent years.

But as Charles approached eighty, he began to notice that, despite the workload, it was becoming more difficult for him to achieve results; he was quickly gaining fat and losing muscle mass. Therefore, he turned to professionals who knew how to quickly and correctly build muscle.

So 87-year-old Charles became a bodybuilder))

Having started exercising and changing the principles of nutrition, in a year he lost 12 kilograms and regained his lost shape.

Now Charles Eugster is 93 years old, he is absolutely healthy, is at the same weight at which he was drafted into the army and does 50 push-ups in 45 seconds. At the same time, despite training, participating in regattas and competitions, he continues to work.

Until the age of 75, Charles worked in his main profession as a dentist, until he was 82 as a publisher of a dental newsletter, and until he was 92 as the “face” of a chain of fitness centers.

Now Charles is looking for a new job, and not only... Since he was widowed many years ago, and he was tired of being a bachelor, Charles would love to meet a nice girl of about 70 😉

5. Ramjit Raghava is just a father...

In principle, there is nothing special about this, except that the first-born of the Indian peasant Ramjit was born when he was 94 years old, and at the age of 96 the second appeared.

Raghava met his wife at the age of 86 (his wife is half his age); before that, Raghava was a bachelor and practiced abstinence.

The couple lived in such a way that, according to Ramjit, all their neighbors envied them, but they did not have children, and they constantly asked God for a child. The first son was born 8 years later.

Age is a tyrant that commands.
E. Delacroix

The actress's age is like the speedometer of a used car: it's clear that it's been turned back, but by how much?

That the years go by would be nothing, but in what direction!
Stanislav Jerzy Lec

Try to appear younger than you are, but not younger than people think you are.
Don Aminado

This is nonsense, as if a woman is as old as she looks. The woman is as old as she says!
"Pshekruj"

As women age, they rely more and more on cosmetics, and men on their sense of humor.
George Gene Nathan

I don't know how old she is, but she looks older.
Yanina Ipohorskaya

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?
Wayne Dyer

Inside ourselves, we are all the same age.
Gertrude Stein

The secret to eternal youth is to live virtuously, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
Lucille Ball

Four human ages: infancy, childhood, adolescence, aging.
Art Linkletter

Three ages of a person: youth, middle age and “You look wonderful today!”
Cardinal Francis Spellman

Life is divided into three parts: when you believe in Santa Claus, when you don’t believe in Santa Claus, and when you are already Santa Claus yourself.
Bob Phillips

Age is a nasty thing, and it gets worse every year.
Diana Cooper

Every age has its own nasty things.
Henri Bataille

It would be very easy to get used to your age if it didn’t change so often.
Zhanna Golonogova

It’s sad, but in about ten to fifteen years, even the most beautiful women will be five years older.

He has already reached that dangerous age when all women seem attractive.

When your friends start wondering how young you look, it's a sure sign that you've aged.
Washington Irving

He who constantly hides his age finally begins to think that he is as young as he wants to seem.
Jean La Bruyère

Don't hide your age, otherwise they'll give you more.
Konstantin Melikhan

Middle age is when you still believe that tomorrow you will feel better.
Lawrence Peter

Middle age is when you can still do everything you did before, but you prefer not to do it.

Everyone feels like they've reached their forties too early.

Forty is the age of youth; Fifty is the youth of old age.
Victor Hugo

You begin to understand old age after forty, and then you stop understanding youth.
Kazimierz Brandys

If a man and a woman are the same age, the woman always looks a little older because she is ten years older.
Sasha Guitry

A man is as old as he feels, a woman is as old as she looks.
Mortimer Collins

A man is only as young as a woman feels.
Groucho Marx

This is nonsense, as if a woman is as old as she looks. The woman is as old as she says.
Yanina Ipohorskaya

The woman never stops talking about her age and never mentions it.
Jules Renard

To find out my age, you'll have to saw me apart and count the layers.
"Pshekruj"

The only thing a woman remembers firmly is the age of other women.

Thirty is the best age for a forty-year-old woman.
"Pshekruj"

All women are young, but some are younger than others.
Marcel Achard

Every woman has the age she deserves.
Coco Chanel

You can't trust a woman who doesn't hide her age. Such a woman will not hesitate to say anything.
Oscar Wilde

If a woman confesses her age to you, it means she has already left it.
Yanina Ipohorskaya

A woman ages a year every three years.
Maurice Donnet

The years that a woman subtracts from her age are not lost: she adds them to the age of other women.
Diane de Poitiers

Not only don’t say how old you are, but don’t even say how old you look!
Yanina Ipohorskaya

We enter different ages of our lives, like newborns, without any experience behind us, no matter how old we are.
Francois La Rochefoucauld

Age is a classic example of impermanence.
Sylvia Cheese

Nobody believes that he looks his age.
Edgar Howe

You can't hide love and age.

It’s not my age that horrifies me, but the age of my peers.

Count your years in money and you will see how little it is.
Magdalena the Impostor

A man's age can be judged by what he says; about a woman’s age - by what they say about her.
Maurice Druon

Nothing makes you look older like your face.
Semyon Altov

Nothing ages a woman more than her age.
Don Aminado

In public we live at our real age; alone - at all ages.
Matthews Brander

It’s sad, but in about ten to fifteen years, even the most beautiful women will be five years older.

Before the age of 18, a woman needs good parents, from 18 to 35 - good looks, from 35 to 55 - good character, and after 55 - good money.
Sophie Tucker

There is a bright side to everything: no matter how old you are, you are younger than you will ever be.
"Reader's Digest"

Until a certain age, a person does not notice his age.
Arkady Davidovich

No matter how long you live, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.
Robert Southey

Twenty years - a boy, another twenty - a youth, another twenty - a youth, another twenty - an old man.
Pythagoras

The most pleasant age is the one that is going downhill, but is not yet falling into the abyss.
Seneca

I'm 28, like many women my age.
Mary Schmich

Thirty is a wonderful age for a woman. Especially if she's forty.
Phyllis Diyer

A woman is as old as she appears in the eyes of the man who likes her.
Finley Peter Dunn

Forty years is not the end of the world, but from here it is already visible.
American saying

My best years were my forties.
Elizabeth Taylor

Life begins after forty - and so does rheumatism, farsightedness and the desire to tell the same story to the same person three or four times.
Helen Rowland

There comes a time in a woman's life sooner or later when she must finally decide on her age and stick to it until the end.
Maria Chuvashek

A man of Balzac's age.
Nikita Bogoslovsky

And before I was fifty, I thought that I would forever be eighteen.
Arkady Davidovich

After fifty, the days are already counting!
Coco Chanel

At fifty the world begins to tire of you, and at sixty the world begins to tire of you.
Axel Oxenstierna

I'll be sixty soon. Almost a third of your life is already behind you.
Woody Allen

At sixty, you begin to realize that your grandfather, who lived to be 80, died not so old.

Being over 70 is like being in a war. All your friends have died or will soon die, and you live surrounded by death, like on a battlefield.
Myrtle Spark

Our days are seventy years, and with greater strength eighty years; and their best time is labor and illness, for they pass quickly, and we fly
Psalm 89:10

We would live incomparably happier lives if we could be born eighty years old and gradually approach eighteen years of age.
Mark Twain

After eighty, everyone the same age is friends.
"Quotable Business" (1999)

Round dates make a person a zero.
Arkady Davidovich

People are like wine: if they get better over the years, then they are of very high quality.
Philippe Bouvard

Age is the best cure for love.
M. Genin

Middle age is when you can still do everything you did before, but you prefer not to do it.
author unknown

Middle age is when you stop criticizing your elders and start criticizing your younger ones.
L. Peter

Middle age is when you are too young to retire and too old to get another job.
L. Peter

Sixty is the age when you finally have enough experience to get fired.
author unknown

Middle age is when you start repeating what a fool you used to be.
author unknown

An old man believes everything, a middle-aged man suspects everything, a young man knows everything.
O. Wilde

And then, unexpectedly, you become a middle-aged woman. You are anonymous. Nobody notices you. You gain amazing freedom - the freedom of an invisible man.
D. Lessing

What we sin in our youth we have to atone for in old age.
Erasmus of Rotterdam

In your youth you want to live more fun, in maturity - better, in old age - longer.
E. Sevrus

Excessive care is the same curse of old people as carelessness is the grief of youth.
W. Shakespeare

Critical age: the age of a woman who criticizes everyone.
Don Aminado

The importance of a life event is not measured by age, nor is the presence of mind by the years lived!