The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

Holes in the memory. You grab on to some things, others have completely disappeared.

The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless.

I walk every day, and I look at the mountains and the fields and the small city, and I say: ‚Oh my God, what a blessing.‘ Then you realise it’s important to put it in a context beyond this woman, this man, this city, this country, this universe.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

The fame isn’t important to me. It’s a blessing to have. Having so many people that support me, that love me and listen to my music, is beautiful.

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you’d never complete your life, would you? You’d never wholly know you.

There are three faithful friends – an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

I am proud to have been born in Iowa. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, it was a place of adventure and daily discoveries – the wonder of the growing crops, the excitements of the harvest, the journeys to the woods for nuts and hunting, the joys of snowy winters, the comfort of the family fireside, of good food and tender care.

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.

I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them.

I’m so old, I don’t buy green bananas any more.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Old age is just a record of one’s whole life.

When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.

Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it’s a good place that we’re all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it.

I don’t have this feeling that 70 is really old.

I always thought money was something just to make me happy. But I’ve learned that I feel better being able to help my folks, ‚cause we never had nothing. So just to see them excited about my career is more of a blessing than me actually having it for myself.

I only see clearly what I remember.

I have the problems of, I must confess, old age.

My first recollection is that of a bugle call.

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.

Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.

For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It’s enough. I’m enough. My kids are enough.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it’s been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

I think I have had so much blessing – I’ve had my brother, who was brilliant – I think my family came closest to making a genius when they made my brother – Bailey was just all of that. He loved me.

Within all of us is a divine capacity to manifest and attract all that we need and desire.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.

I’ve had the good fortune and blessing to run for the offices for which I really wanted to do the work.

When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.

It’s God’s will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It’s God’s will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.

Young men, trust God, and make the future bright with blessing. Old men, trust God, and magnify him for all the mercies of the past.

Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I give this silent blessing to each and every one of you, respecting the conscience of each one of you but knowing that each one of you is a child of God.

I fear that too many have sadly surrendered their agency to the adversary and are saying by their conduct, ‚I care more about satisfying my own desires than I do about bearing the Savior’s power to bless others.‘

Anyone who’s looked into a newborn’s innocent eyes should realize how incredible it is to be blessed with a new life.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.

God doesn’t do things halfway. He goes all out! When God does something, it’s not just barely enough, mediocre or lukewarm.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

Old age may have its limitations and challenges, but in spite of them, our latter years can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling of our lives.

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.

Old men are dangerous: it doesn’t matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

I always wanted more – more of everything.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

My recollection is – and I’d have to confirm this – but I don’t recall paying any money to go to law school.

There’s a belief that you’re supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don’t see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others.

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.