Maggie Kuhn famous quotes

Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Strength #Disappointment #Age

When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Peace #May

Learning and sex until rigor mortis.
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Sex #Rigor

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Strength #Inspiring #Giving Up

People who have had power, when they become powerless, are really tragic.... We just allow ourselves to be conditioned by a society so we become as important as we're supposed to be.
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Power #People #Important

The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Memorable #Names #Firsts

There are six myths about old age: 1. That it's a disease, a disaster. 2. That we are mindless. 3. That we are sexless. 4. That we are useless. 5. That we are powerless. 6. That we are all alike.
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Age #Useless #Disease

You can't be human alone.
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Cooperation #Humans

I enjoy my wrinkles and regard them as badges of distinction - I've worked hard for them!
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Inspirational #Wrinkles #Badges

A healthy community is one in which the elderly protect, care for, love and assist the younger ones to provide continuity and hope.
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Elderly #Community #Healthy

The best age is the age you are.
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Age

Leave safety behind. Put your body on the line. Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes. When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say. Well-aimed slingshots can topple giants.
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Voice #People #Safety

Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Peace #Power #Ubuntu

There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Goal #Aging #Stage

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their companies should foot the bill. We can no longer afford to scrap-pile people.
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Retirement #Feet #People

Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Confusion #Body #Causes

Being sixty-five ... became a crossroads. We said, we have nothing to lose, so we can raise hell.
-- Maggie Kuhn

#Retirement #Hell #Crossroads