Sachin at 40: 'Forty is the old age of youth'

As Sachin Tendulkar, one of the greatest cricketers the world has ever seen, turns 40, we present a selection of soundbites from famous figures on age and the process of getting old. Enjoy. Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age. - Victor Hugo Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. - Mark Twain As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. - Andrew Carnegie [caption id=“attachment_724467” align=“aligncenter” width=“380”] It’s really not about age. AFP[/caption] Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. - Samuel Ullman You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old. - George Burns A man growing old becomes a child again. - Sophocles I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. - Francis Bacon Age considers; youth ventures. - Rabindranath Tagore Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength. - Betty Friedan It takes a long time to become young. - Pablo Picasso Age is how we determine how valuable you are. - Jane Elliot There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later. - Mignon McLaughlin No man is ever old enough to know better. - Holbrook Jackson