​"Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance." Yoko Ono

"Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age." Gloria Steinem

"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age." Sophia Loren

"I want to grow old without facelifts….I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I've made. Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you." Marilyn Monroe

"At 50, everyone has the face he deserves." George Orwell

"The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes." Frank Lloyd Wright

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." C.S.Lewis

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that county, it's the life in your years." Abraham Lincoln

"Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever." Walt Disney

"Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been." Mark Twain

"You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt, as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair." Douglas MacArthur

"Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again." Eleanor Roosevelt

"Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art." Eleanor Roosevelt

"The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in 70 or 80 years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all." Doris Lessing

"Old age is no place for sissies." Bette Davis

"We are not victims of aging, sickness, and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being." Deepak Chopra

"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?" Satchel Paige

"Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional." Chili Davis

"We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing." George Bernard Shaw

"If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself." Eubie Blake, age 100

My philosophy on aging is to keep moving. We all will age but we can do it gracefully if we take care of ourselves and don't let the stress of everyday life rule us. Healthcare professionals lead very stressful lives and must learn how to balance this stress so that you can continue to travel and experience life to the fullest!

Mary Crawford, HealthCare Employment Network