TT #89: Life begins at forty!

Thirteen quotes for my 40th birthday This Saturday I'll celebrate my 40th birthday with a big party! My real birthday is Monday September 8. I don't have a problem with turning 40. One of the best-selling selfhelp books, Life Begins at Forty (1932) by Walter Pitkin, implied that a wise if chastened maturity was emotionally healthier and more realistic than adolescent self-confidence. Hear hear!! Life begins at forty! - Walter Pitkin Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age. - Victor Hugo What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy. - Voltaire We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it. - Jules Renard At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At 40, we don't care what they think of us. At 60, we discover they haven't been thinking of us at all. - Ann Landers The first forty years of life give us the text, the next thirty supply the commentary on it. - Arthur Schopenhauer At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty the wit; at forty the judgment. - Benjamin Franklin Forty isn't old, if you're a tree. - unknown I'm not 40, I'm eighteen with 22 years experience. - unknown The "I just woke up" face of your 30's is the "all day long" face of your 40's. - Libby Reid Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same. - Audrey Hepburn Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed. - Edward Young Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40 after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely. - Christian Dior What's your favourite? ~*~*~*~ Links to other Thursday Thirteens! ~*~ Robin ~*~ Anthony North ~*~ pjazzypar ~*~ The Gal Herself ~*~ Sandy Carlson ~*~ Claudia ~*~ Nicholas ~*~ Lori ~*~ bluebonnetgirl ~*~ storyteller ~*~ Ms. Behaving ~*~ Phil's Grill ~*~ laurakim123 ~*~ Get the Thursday Thirteen code here! The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted! View More Thursday Thirteen Participants