A Quote by Patti Smith

One thing I like about getting older is things, your spectrum widens, your capacity for compassion widens.

Patti Smith

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Patti Smith
American - Musician
Born: December 30, 1946

Service broadens your vision widens your awareness. Deepens your compassion.

Sathya Sai Baba

Prison widens your circle of friends. In my stand-up, I can now talk about things that no one else has the right to touch.

Craig Charles

I feel like when you're in your late teens and early 20s, you just don't think about certain things in your life, and as you get older, you think about your parents getting older.

St. Lucia

Positivity doesn't just change the contents of your mind...It widens the span of possibilities that you see.

Barbara Fredrickson

To feel the affection that comes from those whom we do not know ... widens out the boundaries of our being, and unites all living things.

Pablo Neruda

Now the baby boomers, i.e., us, are getting older, and were suddenly discovering that there are great things about getting older. You have time for your friendships and you appreciate them in ways that you didn't before.

Anna Quindlen

A good analogy is stretching a rubber band. You can stretch and stretch and even feel the tension increase in the muscles in your hands and arms as the gap from one end of the band to the other widens. But at some point you reach the limits of elasticity of the band and it snaps. The same thing happens with human systems.

John L. Casti

That's another great thing about getting older. Your life is written on your face.

Frances McDormand

Your body is not who you are. I don't think women should label themselves based on the way they look. What about defining yourself by a different kind of measurement? What about your heart, your soul, your compassion, your generosity, your strength and your power? There are so many other things to focus on besides your waistline.

Mariska Hargitay

If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man.

Matthew Simpson

Earlier in my life I thought the things that mattered were the things that you could see, like your car, your house, your wealth, your property, your office. But as I've grown older I've become convinced that the things that matter most are the things that you can't see -- the love you share with others, your inner purpose, your comfort with who you are.

Jimmy Carter

I like getting older. When you're in your twenties you're really forging for your future. Things take shape later on.

Crispin Glover

We must love prayer. It widens the heart to the point of making it capable of containing the gift that God makes of himself. Ask and seek, and your heart will be widened to welcome him and to keep him within itself.