wa alaykum salam,
Quite frankly, people have many major problems such as various sicknesses and disabilities, parents who are not Muslims (or unIslamic) and they have patience. I know one brother, he is from Turkey. He is often sick, he has Crohnes disease as well as an illness that effects his bones. - Ma sha Allah he is a lovely brother, and he is handsome too. However, he has to tell the girl all these issues before he marries. He has much patience, he is always happy, and he carries on with his life. Alhamdulillah.
Another brother is very short for a man and he got married, yesterday. He is very happy too alhamdulillah.
What will STOP you from getting married, or anything else in life, is your attitude. You are not "too old", "too ugly", "too late", "too poor",
too anything ,nobody is. This is shaitan's trick.
Be confident, happy and get busy with your life. Have goals, both for your Deen and your dunya, make a routine and stick to it. -- If you have a dream, then make goals to reach that dream. Set yourself milestones to accomplish. Do not know how? find people to advise you, and write it down. Force yourself into a routine. You have to have more self-discipline.
Eventually you will get married in sha Allah! It happens easily when Allah wants it to happen!! Remember that.
I have never heard of anyone thinking a man below age of 35 is "too old". A man at age 26, is still progressing, some are even still in full-time education. I am not sure where you are from, but I would guess somewhere in South Asia. Even there I would think many men do get married in their 30s or 40s.
Most sensible people, who have a good reality check, understand that age is just a number. Everyone has their own circumstances, and life is not about WHEN you do something, but HOW you do it. You could be a disbeliever all your life, and then become Muslim right before you die. You could be a Muslim but, what is the point if you start disbelieving and committing shirk and kufr later? The key is patience, Sabr. Allah has mentioned patience in the Quran around 90 times. - The "when" was established when you were born, so now you must think about your "How". What will you do with your life? How are you going to wake up each day? With a smile, and can do attitude? Or moping around and feeling sorry for yourself? - Because how you think about yourself and life, is how thinks inevitably end up.
يا أيها الذين آمنوا اصبروا وصابروا ورابطوا واتقوا الله لعلكم تفلحون
O you who believe, persevere and endure and remain stationed and fear Allah that you may be successful [Al 'Imran 3:200].
The same can be said with marriage, you could get married at age 16, and then live a life of misery by not being content for whatever reason. - Therefore, have some shukr - thanks for Allah, praise Allah. That Allah saves you from things you have no knowledge about!
Read the Qur'an and ponder the words. Listen to the Qur'an. Also read up on the lives of the sahaba, such as Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthmaan, Ali, Az-Zubayr, Khalid ibn Walid and others radhiyallahu annum. Those were real men. They are the kind of men we want to be too. Islam tells men to have courage, be strong, confident and posed to take on life and be leaders for those around them. You can learn and inspire others around you dear brother, and you can be a great lead for your wife too .-- Again, this leads to the HOW in your life. When you get married, how are you going to be a husband? - It should not be with the attitude you are displaying now.
I really hope you will take my advice.
wasalam
Amir