saying

[Offroad]

Dear teachers...

is this saying OK? I wonder if there's something similar in English.

We do not become older because the things we do, but because the things we stopped doing!

Many thanks

 

[Nightmare85]

**Neither a teacher nor a native speaker.**

Hello my Brazilian friend,
To my "non native ear" this one sounds better:
We do not become older because of the things we do, but because of the things we stopped doing!

P.S. Dear teachers, Is...

Cheers!

 

[Offroad]

**Neither a teacher nor a native speaker.**

Hello my Brazilian friend,
To my "non native ear" this one sounds better:
We do not become older because of the things we do, but because of the things we stopped doing!

P.S. Dear teachers, Is...

Cheers!

Interesting!

 

[Raymott]

Dear teachers...

is this saying OK? I wonder if there's something similar in English.

We do not become older because of the things we do, but because of the things we stop[STRIKE]ped[/STRIKE] doing!

Many thanks

Parallelism requires 'do; stop' or 'did; stopped'.
Yes, the saying's OK.