Older citizens have made many contributions to their nation and to the world.
Winston Churchill was prime minister of England when he was 81.
Clara Barton headed the International Red Cross at 83.
Robert Frost wrote famous poems when he turned 80.
Oliver Wendell Holmes was a chief justice when he was 90.
Connie Mack managed a winning baseball team when he was 88.
Toscanini was a world-famous orchestra conductor at 87.
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright did his best work at 86.
Indefatigable John Wesley was still preaching at 88.
As Chancellor Conrad Adenauer of Germany was approaching the age of 90, he got a bad cold. Even his personal physician could not help him much and Adenauer was impatient with him. “I’m not a magician, sir,” protested the doctor. “I cannot make you young again.”
“I haven’t asked you to make me younger,” answered Adenauer. “All I want is to go on getting older.” Herbert Procimow
Be convinced, “You are not too old.” It is true, “God hath not promised Skies always blue,” says Annie Johnson Flint, “But God hath promised Strength for the day,” Not time yet to hang the hat. Don’t give up easily simply because one is a bit old.
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