{"quotes":[{"text":"Young people must appreciate the beauty of old age. The old people were once young.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["adult","adulthood","appre","appreciating-life","appreciating-yourself-and-others","appreciation","general","old","old-age","old-people","older","youth","youthful","youthfulness"],"id":1169,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Embrace the glory of age.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["age","elderly-people","motivational","old-age"],"id":1997,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Your youth is certainly finished and old age has definitely arrived if you feel that you are losing enthusiasm, excitement and energy towards your dreams and goals.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["aim","aims","dream","dreams","energetic","energy","enthusiasm","enthusiastic","excite","excitement","exciting","goal","goals","human","humans","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","motivation","motivational","motivational","old-age","old-aged","philosophy","target","targets","wisdom","wisdom","youth","youth-age","youthful","youthfulness"],"id":2142,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"Left alone, Miss Verney felt so old, lonely and helpless that she began to cry. No builder would tackle that shed, not for any price she could afford. But crying relieved her and she soon felt quite cheerful again. It was ridiculous to brood, she told herself.","author":"Jean Rhys","tags":["brooding","crying","lonely","old-age"],"id":5351,"author_id":"Jean+Rhys"},{"text":"Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["adage","adages","adolescent","adolescents","adult","adulthood","adults","africa","african","ancient","aphorism","aphorisms","axiom","axioms","child","children","dead","death","deep","dependence","dependent","develop","developing","development","dictum","dictums","epigram","epigrams","existence","four-stages-of-life","funny","gnome","gnomes","grandparent","grandparents","grow","growing","growth","humor","humorous","humour","immortal","immortality","independence","independent","infant","infants","insightful","life","made-me-think","make-you-think","maxim","maxims","mortal","mortality","newborn","newborns","old","old-age","old-age-home","old-age-homes","phase","phases","philosopher","prepubescent","process","profound","proverb","proverbs","provoke-thought","quotation","quotations","quote","of-the-day","quotes","retire","retired","retiree","retirees","retirement","satire","satirical","satirist","satirists","saying","sayings","senile","senility","south-africa","south-african","stage","stages","stages-of-life","teenage","teenager","teenagers","thought-provoking","thoughtful","young","youth","youths"],"id":6452,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"We are never old with the strength of the spirit, although the body may fail.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["elderly","healthy-living","old-age","strength"],"id":7166,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Hope is sweet.Hope is illumining.Hope is fulfilling.Hope can be everlasting.Therefore, do not give up hope,Even in the sunset of your life.","author":"Sri Chinmoy","tags":["hope","old-age"],"id":7935,"author_id":"Sri+Chinmoy"},{"text":"If you see an old man talking to himself, he might not be a fool or crazy. He might be sharing a conversation with the past, warmed by a memory he need not reveal.","author":"Steven Merle Scott","tags":["crazy","memories","old-age"],"id":8479,"author_id":"Steven+Merle+Scott"},{"text":"Old ones should respect the energy of youths and youths should respect the experience of old ones.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["experience","human","humans","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","motivation","motivational","motivational","old","old-age","old-people","philosophy","respect","wisdom","wisdom","young","younger","youth","youthful","youthfulness"],"id":9441,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"The Little Boy and the Old ManSaid the little boy, 'Sometimes I drop my spoon.'Said the old man, 'I do that too.'The little boy whispered, 'I wet my pants.'I do that too,' laughed the little old man.Said the little boy, 'I often cry.'The old man nodded, 'So do I.'But worst of all,' said the boy, 'it seemsGrown-ups don't pay attention to me.'And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.I know what you mean,' said the little old man.","author":"Shel Silverstein","tags":["humor","old-age","poetry","youth"],"id":10356,"author_id":"Shel+Silverstein"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":243,"pages":25,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}