Welcome to our collection of inspirational quotes celebrating the wisdom, strength, and resilience of older women. Age brings with it a wealth of experience and a unique perspective on life, making older women a source of valuable insights and inspiration. From renowned authors, philosophers, and thinkers to everyday women who have lived extraordinary lives, these quotes capture the essence of what it means to age gracefully and embrace the beauty of every stage in life.
Below, you’ll find a curated selection of quotes that pay tribute to the remarkable qualities of older women. Whether you’re looking for words of wisdom to share, seeking inspiration for your own journey, or simply appreciating the wisdom of women who have navigated the ups and downs of life, these quotes are here to inspire and empower. Feel free to copy, personalize, or enhance these quotes with stylish fonts to create your own meaningful messages or share them with the older women in your life who deserve to be celebrated. Enjoy the insights and wisdom that follow!
Older women have always been attracted to me. Corey Clark
Despite amazing advances in fertility to help older women get pregnant, the complications, increased chances of autism, and chromosomal abnormalities are significant considerations. Faith Salie
I so believe that older women have tremendous value to their families, their community, their country, the world. Sally Field
Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same breath. Gail Sheehy
I’ve always been attracted to women who are assertive and have confidence – qualities older women possess. They’ve been on the Earth a little longer. They’re more seasoned. They don’t play games. They know what they want, and they’re not afraid to tell you. Taye Diggs
In the American office lexicon, ‘aging’ – and its close cousin ‘old’ – are inconsistent modifiers. While older women are often labeled as ‘tired’ and ‘out of touch,’ aging men get to be ‘distinguished’ and ‘seasoned.’ Bonnie Hammer
There’s talk of the lack of roles for older women. It’s so tough and it’s soul-destroying what some female actors do to their faces to try and keep producers happy. Lara Pulver
I want all women – teens, young women, older women, pregnant women, ageing women – to love and accept themselves. Sameera Reddy
While younger women are told to be thinner and prettier, ads for older women emphasize looking younger and wrinkle free – tapping into the insecurities that many of us have about getting older. Mel Robbins
I hate to generalize, but in general, both men and women suffer from ageism. Men much less because men gain power as they get older. Women lose power as they get older. Men are seen as gaining experience and being distinguished. Sons look forward to replacing their fathers. Gloria Steinem
The Golden Girls certainly proved that there was a large audience for a show about older women. Marlo Thomas
The vast majority of my fan mail comes from older women and gay men. Kelvin Fletcher
I grew up in Long Island City. When I was growing up, my parents owned a women’s clothing store in Queens. It was for older women. I got my bras there, until I realized I didn’t want those huge, taupe bras. Everything was beige, with massive amounts of hooks. Jessica Valenti
In life, you see younger men and older women, and the majority of marriages don’t have such a huge age gap as we’re used to seeing in films. Trudie Styler
It’s taking a while for older women to be the norm on TV. Mary Nightingale
Older women know who they are, and that makes them more beautiful than younger ones. I like to see a face with some character. I want to see lines. I want to see wrinkles. Naveen Andrews
In the entertainment industry women are often judged. They judge bigger women, they judge black women, and older women too. We just don’t do that in drag. Drag is open to everyone, regardless of gender, body shape or age. Sharon Needles
What we need is more women writers, writing for older women. There are some actresses who have production companies and create their own material, and I truly admire that. Kathleen Turner
I didn’t want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful. Annie Leibovitz
It’s true, I’ve become one of those grumpy older women. Penelope Wilton
There have been women who stumbled across Feministing randomly, through a bizarre Google search or something, and had no idea what feminism was. They thought it was something older women do, or bought into the hairy bra-burning man-hating stereotype 100 percent. Anything that deviates from that is very exciting for them. Jessica Valenti
As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women who inspire me – their experience makes them better. Anne-Marie Duff
An awful lot of older women do have love affairs or wish they were having love affairs. Prue Leith
That conversation about ‘roles for women,’ generally – ‘roles for older women.’ It’s like, let’s please not dig into that one any more, you know? Lesley Sharp
I think older women still have a full life. Betty White
Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time. Ian Fleming
In Europe you can be Sophia, you can be these older women who are considered very sexy. Sally Kirkland
Younger women tend to be busier, wearing more layers and more make-up. I don’t know if it’s because older women are more confident, or just that we don’t care any more. But that pared-down approach is the same with the sentences I write; I take out adjectives and adverbs and keep the description to a minimum. Tracy Chevalier
It’s been amazing to see how brands, magazines, and designers are focusing on real stories from older women. Maye Musk
Market research shows that older women like seeing older women in ads, and that younger women do, too – because they see them and are not frightened of growing older. Isabella Rossellini
Hollywood is the dream factory, and no one dreams about older women. Amy Heckerling
I’ve always liked older women. One sad thing about being my age is that there are no older women. I used to amuse my mother’s friends even at five or six with witty turns of phrase. Somehow, I just knew how to be funny. Howard Jacobson
We need to hear stories from older women. There’s a wealth of wisdom and real resilience there, but they’re silenced. Hannah Gadsby
I’ve always been drawn to older women. J. Courtney Sullivan
Soaps are one of the few areas on TV that really embrace older women. In drama, there’s this ridiculous invisibility for women between the ages of 40 and 60. Unless you’re old enough to play a grandmother, there just aren’t the roles. Amanda Donohoe
If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I’ll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will. Naomi Watts
Older men get lovable, and older women get monstrous. Eileen Myles
I’m not interested in dating. I like being with my own best friend, me. Certain women, particularly older women, cannot believe I like going to a social event by myself. But I do. Gloria Allred
I’m drawn to female stories, of which there aren’t that many, and particularly to stories now about older women. The things they have to confront and override is really fascinating. That’s a whole untold part of our world. Marianne Elliott
Coming from Sweden, I’ve always grown up with images of older women around me. Ulrika Jonsson
Thank God we’re not like America. Everyone wants to look like they’re 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women. Francesca Annis
Sometimes, I wonder where we older women fit into the social scheme of things once nest-building has lost its charm. Sue Hubbell
I’m really interested in older women, to be honest, because they have lived a life that I’ve not yet lived. So I really want to learn from them, and I think culturally we tend to dispose of women once they get to a certain age and they don’t look a certain way. Amanda de Cadenet
Society is notoriously stupid in its failure to harness the wisdom of older women in everything from television to politics, family life to boardrooms, and here is one reminiscing with honesty and realism about women’s particular challenge: to create our professional and financial structures in the same period as our peak fertility. Victoria Coren Mitchell
I’m absolutely certain that audiences want to see older women on their TVs. Sarah Lancashire
Looking at female candidates today, other women are the hardest on them, especially older women who were brought up in a different culture. Eleanor Clift
I guess I am attracted to older women. I’m looking for a 40-something who has had her heart broken two or three hundred times. She’s going to be fun! Bryan Callen
In literature, older women are not often given center stage. Kate Christensen
I like to describe myself as a proudly visible member of the most invisible segments of our society – older women. Cindy Gallop
As a society, I think older women are marginalized, but I think that has changed so much in the last twenty years. Melinda McGraw
We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer. Kristin Scott Thomas
I am China, pronounced as Chee-na. And I think it’s time the world lets older women age gracefully. China Machado
If someone called and the role was good and there was dignity and integrity in the piece, I’d be up for it, of course I would. It’s so hard for older women in acting so when you hear of an older woman having a renaissance in their career, I really applaud it. Carol Drinkwater
So many people put older women out to pasture. Rosanna Arquette
Men take much more notice of older women in France, so I might move there. I think I’m a good bet. Deborah Moggach
I do read a lot of autobiographies and biographies but from people who are not in my field – older women, older artists, Miles Davis. Viv Albertine
I wanted pretty pictures of older women – women who are trying too hard but succeeding – pulling off an extreme look. What I didn’t know would creep into the portraits was a vulnerability behind the strong facade that most of them wear. Cindy Sherman
I think younger women need older women to get where they need to be. I think women turn out the best work in the world. King Princess
There are older men with younger women but you don’t see a lot of older women with younger men. There are some women who have been able to do it but not often. Tori Amos
I’m not saying it’s easy, and it’s definitely harder for women. Because there is definitely a double standard about gorgeous older men, and it’s different for older women. Mary Steenburgen
I wanted in my lifetime to vote for a radical Native American woman, since my vision of any future that we might have is that it will be led by women and older women. Alice Walker
It seems that the ideal age for a Bollywood heroine is 24, which is great, but it would be nice to see some older women too on the big screen. Konkona Sen Sharma
There’s an appetite for vigour in films. The camera loves a bit of movement. Movement is usually attached to younger people and men, and that’s just the way it is. I think that it’s a bitter pill to swallow, but it’s a fact that there aren’t going to be masses and masses of roles for older women because there isn’t the audience for it. Joanna Lumley
It’s such a challenging time, and in my small way, I will make it so that other younger women, and maybe older women, will be able to do the things they want to do, and accept themselves and their experience. Kelela
I’d love to do more Shakespeare but Shakespeare didn’t write parts for older women. Geraldine James
Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom. Alice Walker
These archetypal older women in movies can sometimes make my skin crawl. It’s about the one dimension; it’s about the lack of any texture. Patricia Clarkson
Reluctant as I am to regard myself as a style icon, I would love to think I could inspire older women to make the most of themselves. Mary Berry
Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family. Francesca Annis
Certain roles for older women are aimed at certain older actresses – I’m not one of those. I’ve been offered any number of Puerto Rican grandmas that I’ve turned down. Rita Moreno
Older women are like aging strudels – the crust may not be so lovely, but the filling has come at last into its own. Robert Farrar Capon
There’s some truth that roles for older women are harder to come by, but it’s wrong for actors to monopolise the ageist thing. Sarah Lancashire
I was the Kate Moss of my day, atypical of what the public wanted, which was Brigitte Bardot. I was always tall, skinny and angular. But now, society has bought 55 years of my marketing ‘Carmen,’ and I’m considered beautiful. I hope that empowers older women. Carmen Dell’Orefice
I grew up with all my cousins. The men worked, and the older women raised us – my mother, my aunt, my grandmother. My great-grandmother was the matriarch, and sometimes there were 30 of us. Louis Gossett, Jr.
I really think it would be useful if society stopped vilifying older women. Lesley Sharp
I’ve had tragedy in my life, but I think that gives me a depth that I can bring to my work. I’d like to see more older women on TV because they can bring that life experience and emotion to a performance. June Brown
There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they’re not getting the roles they should. William H. Macy
If you’ve got the body and the chutzpah, a pencil skirt is so sexy on older women. Look for ones that fall just below the knee. Think 1940s, cinched-in jackets – imagine you are Lauren Bacall on a date with Humphrey Bogart and you just absolutely have to wear very high heels. Twiggy
Just as young people absorb all kinds of messages from the media, young girls learn what it means to be a woman by watching the older women in their lives. Carre Otis
In Europe, we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women. Francesca Annis
