I'm retired 99.9%. Of course, there always is that .1%. — Michael Jordan
You retire by saving up enough money, becoming a monk, or by finding work that feels like play to you. — Naval Ravikant
Retirement is when you stop sacrificing today for an imaginary tomorrow. When today is complete, in and of itself, you’re retired. — Naval Ravikant
Retirement means no pressure, no stress, no heartache... unless you play golf. — Gene Perret
When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch. — R. C. Sherriff
Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren't going to get rid of me that way. — Betty White
Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired. — Pete Rose
I retired because I had a knee injury, my cartilage was wearing out, it was painful and I couldn't put in the four hours of practice each day that I needed to. — Guy Forget
Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth — Mason Cooley
You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life. — Stephen Covey
The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off. — Abe Lemons
Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God. — Rick Warren
I really stay busy [in retirement]. I often have to cancel my golf games on the weekends to go play in tennis tournaments. — Richard Davies
Short Being Retired Quotes
The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income. — George Foreman
Now that I'm retired, I want to say that all defensive linemen are sissies. — Dan Fouts
God has a plan for your retirement. — Billy Graham
I think my idea of retirement might be to one day work a 40-hour week. — Vince McMahon
The Eucharist is a fire that inflames us, that, like lions breathing fire, we may retire from the altar being made terrible to the devil. — Saint John Chrysostom
Life's opportunities never end. God designed you to be a continual learner, a continual doer, a continual explorer and a continual giver. He never authorized a 'retirement age' from those pursuits! — Paula White
Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us. — Jerry Garcia
Let love lead your soul. Make it a place to retire to, a kind of monastery cave, a retreat for the deepest core of your being. — Farid al-Din Attar
When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned. — Richard M. Nixon
Be authentic to escape competition, find what you know how to do better than anybody because you love to do it and it feels like play, and get to retirement. — Naval Ravikant
Investing is not about being right all the time; it is about being patient and disciplined. — Gautam Baid
Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire. — Samuel Johnson
Diversification is a risk-reduction tool, but it should not be used as a substitute for thorough research and understanding. — Gautam Baid
In the abstract, life is a mixture of chance and choice. Chance can be thought of as the cards you are dealt in life. Choice is how you play them. — Edward O. Thorp
When you stop living at work and start working at living - retirement.
Retiring Quotes
Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give. — William Arthur Ward
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things. — Emily Dickinson
This is the greatest thing about sports - you play to win the game. Hello? You don't play to just play it. When you start telling me it doesn't matter, then retire, get out, because it matters. — Herman Edwards
At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don't care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven't been thinking of us at all. — Ann Landers
Life is continued work. It's constant learning. The whole concept of retirement I don't even buy into. We should constantly be working. Maybe not physically working, but we could be spiritually, emotionally working toward bettering ourselves and bettering the lives of others around us. — Lauryn Hill
One of my great pleasures from the study of investing, finance, and economics is the discovery of insights about people and society. — Edward O. Thorp
Since retiring from the FBI in 2007, I've traveled the world and worked with everyone from CEOs to their managers and everyday workers on how to apply techniques from hundreds of high-stakes, life-or-death negotiations to business negotiations. — Chris Voss
Pension reforms, like investment advice and automatic enrollment, will strengthen the ability of Americans to save and invest for retirement. — Steve Bartlett
Many people achieve success, but to sustain the same over an entire lifetime requires humility, gratitude, and a constant learning mind-set. — Gautam Baid
Who does not live to serve does not serve to live. — Mexican Proverbs
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health. — Lord Chesterfield
Investors should focus on the process rather than the outcome. Over time, a good process will lead to favorable outcomes. — Gautam Baid
The thoughtful soul to solitude retires. — Omar Khayyam
I agree that we must expand opportunities for retirement saving, but we must not undermine this worthy effort with a flawed privatization scheme that takes the 'security' out of Social Security. — Mary Landrieu
Chuck Liddell loves to fight. That's his passion. That's what he loves in life. But there comes a day and age - fighting is a young man's game. — Dana White
The foundation of healthy independence is a securely attached relationship. — Amir Levine
Ready To Retire Quotes
Not everything happens as we want or desire. It doesn’t matter. I’m a fighter, and I’m ready to fight every time. — Valentina Shevchenko
I know the UFC’s a big organization, the best athletes and fighters are here, so… every third or fourth month, I’m ready to fight. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk
When I touch Ronda, I’ll always try to get the knockout. But if we go to the ground, I’ll be ready for anything. — Amanda Nunes
I was excited by YouTube again and ready to start a music career. — KSI
We are absolutely ready to go to Mars. It’s going to be a fantastic journey getting there and very exciting times. — Peggy Whitson
Going to space doesn’t make you an astronaut. Being an astronaut means you’re ready to go to space. — Michael J. Massimino
If you propose something, you’d better be ready to run it. — Michael J. Massimino
In a game, you never know what chance you’re going to get, so I try and cover all bases and make sure I’m ready for that chance when it comes. — Harry Kane
As the baby boomers like me are retiring and getting ready to retire, they will spend whatever it takes - and theyre the wealthiest generation in our country - to make themselves live an enjoyable life in their retirement years. — David Rubenstein
An old man, having retired from active life, regains the gaity and irresponsibility of childhood. He is ready to play, he cannot run with his son, but he can totter with his grandson. Our first and last steps have the same rhythm. — Andre Maurois
Retirement Years Quotes
Trading is injurious to your wealth. If you are smoking you may die in 20-30 years whereas by trading, this may happen the very next day. — Vijay Kedia
Market history is filled with examples of companies that returned over 100x on an initial investment. The difficulty is in finding and holding on to those companies over many years. — Thomas Phelps
I put a lot of meaning into what will go on my skin and be there for all of my years of life. — Valentina Shevchenko
I am confident in my ability, as I always have been, and that I will be capable of maintaining my form, if not improving, year in, year out. — Harry Kane
I've got too many of my friends that retired and went home and got on a rocking chair, and about a year and a half later, I'm always going to the cemetery. — Red Adair
If something is not going to be an obvious double in a short period of time – you know, 2 to 3 years – I have to show interest. — Howard S. Marks
I remember being a teenager and watching 40-year-old Michael Jordan compete in his final All-Star game. — Kawhi Leonard
I’ve been in martial arts for so many years, so to hold the belt of UFC and be on top of the biggest organization, it will be represented in this belt. — Valentina Shevchenko
A lot of my friends who were really sporty in year 7 and 8, in years 9 and 10 they stopped playing. It was a shame. — Ellyse Perry
Good Retirement Quotes
For a group to be great, both good governance and excellent execution are required. It’s not one or the other. — Koos Bekker
Investment success doesn’t come from ‘buying good things, but rather from ‘buying things well.’ — Howard S. Marks
Life is all about sharing. If we are good at something, pass it on. That is the pleasure I get from teaching – whether it is television or books. We should all share. — Mary Berry
I always had a lot of ideas, and I never thought I couldn’t do something. If you have a good idea and you believe in it, you just go for it. — Glen Bell
I do not live for people, for what they think, for them to say that I’m nice, good, the best, perfect. Everyone has their opinion. And I respect that. — Paul Pogba
Marketing is about telling good stories. Social media marketing is about getting your customers to tell them for you. — Ryan Deiss
I think baking is very rewarding, and if you follow a good recipe, you will get success. — Mary Berry
Even if I ain’t the famous-est, the richest, the best – as long as I know I kept it real and didn’t backstab nobody – I sleep good at night. — 21 Savage
In the stock market a good nervous system is even more important than a good head. — Philip Arthur Fisher
If I play a bad game, I know I played a bad game. If I play a good game, I know I played a good game. So I don’t need anyone to tell me if I did good or bad – because I know it. — Paul Pogba
Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. — George Washington
Retirement: a time to become much more than you have ever been. — Ernie J Zelinski
I wish I could say farewell and retire but there is nothing for me to retire from. — Tommy Chong
Retirement: It's nice to get out of the rat race, but you have to learn to get along with less cheese. — Gene Perret
I was thinking Im going to die but I'm not going to tap — Lyoto Machida
Retirement: That's when you return from work one day and say, "Hi, Honey, I'm home - forever." — Gene Perret
I enjoy waking up and not having to go to work. So I do it three or four times a day. — Gene Perret
Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. — George Washington
In retirement, only money and symptoms are consequential. — Mason Cooley
Time To Retire Quotes
The moon is a very nice place. When we landed, we were 20 minutes behind. Because time on the Moon was so precious, what I remember most is trying to catch up. — John Young
I started doing MMA and boxing at the same time – I always wanted to try an MMA fight to see what it was like. I had one fight, and I was hooked. — Holly Holm
I’m not going to the past, and it’s not tied to me, every time moving forward, and this is more important – to move forward every time. — Valentina Shevchenko
There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it. — Shannon Alder
I don’t even remember a time when I didn’t want to be an astronaut. I’ve always been into things like exploring and science on the frontiers. — Christina Koch
If the job has been correctly done when a common stock is purchased, the time to sell it is – almost never. — Philip Arthur Fisher
The good news is that in business, you only need to hit one Grand Slam Offer to retire forever. I have done this four or five times in my life. — Alex Hormozi
To be able to walk out the door when you come home from a job and wander into the garden to do a bit of watering gives you time to be creative in your mind. — Mary Berry
And that’s the point — why we’re here planting trees. It takes a long time to grow these systems and build these systems up. — Charles Hoskinson
Without doubt, without hesitation, I choose gardening over the gym. I can’t stand going to the gym. It doesn’t appeal to me at all. Give me gardening every time. — Mary Berry
Retired Teacher Quotes
What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches. — Karl A. Menninger
Casino gambling with a system where you have the edge is a wonderful teacher for elementary money management. — Edward O. Thorp
The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought. — H. G. Wells
There are three things to remember when teaching: know your stuff; know whom you are stuffing; and then stuff them elegantly. — Lola J. May
My dad’s a teacher and a football coach, and he found a job in New Jersey. — Sadie Sink
Warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. — Carl Jung
The children are now working as if I did not exist. — Maria Montessori
I mean to retire, where nobody will have heard about my special skills. And conversation is mainly about the weather. — Eilean Ni Chuilleanain
The splendid thing about education is that everyone wants it. Like influenza, you can give it away without losing any of it yourself. — Evelyn Waugh
People ask me what I'd most appreciate getting for my eighty-seventh birthday. I tell them, a paternity suit. — George Burns
I have comedic things in my stuff, but I don’t consider myself a comedian. I’m just a YouTuber, I guess just a personality. — Ryan Higa
There is no bad time to laugh. I always joke, even five minutes before a game. It’s not bad to stay a little immature. — Kylian Mbappe
The secret of longevity... Is to keep breathing! — Sophie Tucker
Old ladies in wheelchairs with blankets over their legs, I don't think so...retired mermaids. — Milton Jones
As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning. — Earl Nightingale
What do gardeners do when they retire? — Bob Monkhouse
Middle age is when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work. — Laurence J. Peter
Gainfully unemployed, very proud of it, too. — Charles Baxter
You know you're getting old when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work. — Joan Rivers
Retirement Wishes Quotes
Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general, we are wishing every period of it at an end. The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of business, then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire. — Joseph Addison
I care about our young people, and I wish them great success, because they are our Hope for the Future, and some day, when my generation retires, they will have to pay us trillions of dollars in social security — Dave Barry
I wish Kylian to have the same career as Thierry Henry. — Didier Deschamps
People will laugh at me, but when they ask me to make a wish for the next life, I will say I want the same parents, same brother and sister, same wife, same friends. — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Thoughts on the Merits of Work The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Don't act your age in retirement. Act like the inner young person you have always been. — John Anthony West
Retirement kills more people than hard work ever did. — Malcolm Forbes
There's one thing I always wanted to do before I quit... Retire! — Groucho Marx
In my retirement I go for a short swim at least once or twice every day. It's either that or buy a new golf ball. — Gene Perret
Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing — A. A. Milne
I told as much of my life as I could to encourage people: to encourage others to get to where they should be, where they want to be. — Folorunsho Alakija
I know the first female astronauts selected were definitely an inspiration to me, and so maybe I will be a role model. — Peggy Whitson
It’s just been fantastic, from start to finish… I’m just truly elated, just the smells of Earth are so strong, it’s wonderful to be back… to feel the fresh air. — Tim Peake
I love the game of basketball, and as long as I can do that, keep playing and try to get some more championships with the organization, I’ll be happy. — Kawhi Leonard
I may not be ‘the prettiest’ or have ‘big boobies,’ but I want people to remember me as the best. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk
It soon became clear that doing one thing better and better might be more satisfying than staying an amateur at many different things. — Angela Duckworth
Every day that I’m alive, I’ma ride with the stick I’d rather be broke in jail than be dead and rich. — 21 Savage
I want to be remembered for just being myself and doing what I want to do. — KSI
Attachment security doesn’t mean there are no conflicts; it means conflicts can be managed with trust and respect. — Amir Levine
I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life – and I became that woman. — Diane Von Furstenberg
There can be no greater well wisher for me in life than my mother. — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
I wanted to be my own boss and God knows I wanted to travel. — Cliff Lerner
I immediately loved flying from my first flight and knew that in some way it was going to be a part of my future career! — Fred Haise
I always set my ambitions very high. You want to be the greatest athlete, but I realized that life is not about that. I was a little bit blind. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk
I loved being the best player in the world. There was no pressure staying there. — Stephen Hendry
A life can’t be replicated and it doesn’t need to be. — Alexi Pappas
In a world of quantitative easing, the old adage of ‘Don’t fight the Fed’ needs to be rewritten as ‘Don’t trust the Fed.’ — Russell Napier
Vast numbers of people are working longer, in jobs they rightly fear will soon be gone. — Jeff Booth
I work all summer and throughout the whole season to be prepared for the challenges that I have to face. — Kawhi Leonard
Inflation is a tax, and that tax can only be imposed by governments. — Russell Napier
But being a feminist is real simple; it’s that a woman can do things the same as a man. — Cardi B
Like a gyroscope that resists being moved off-center, a customer-centric organization resists the many forces that attempt to deprioritize customers. — Jeff Lawson
I figure if a farmer’s daughter from Iowa can become an astronaut, you can be just about anything you want to be. — Peggy Whitson
If you buy a car with money you didn’t earn lawfully, you’ll be riding in a moving coffin. — Enoch Adeboye
I got to move on. I got to keep making winning plays. I got to keep competing. I got to keep finding ways to help my team be great. — Giannis Antetokounmpo
Don’t buy a stock just because it has had a big decline from its high and is therefore ‘cheap’. A stock can be cheap and yet not be attractive. — Thomas Phelps
I am an optimist by nature and I reserve the right to be wrong. — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
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