Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement. — Arthur E. Morgan
Your retirement is an opportunity to live out your dreams and take care of your family. Don’t leave it to chance. — Chris Hogan
Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth — Mason Cooley
You retire by saving up enough money, becoming a monk, or by finding work that feels like play to you. — Naval Ravikant
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 means no pressure, no stress, no heartache... unless you play golf. — Gene Perret
Your best retirement plan for retiring happy and prosperous - don't be a burden on others. — Ernie J Zelinski
We retire too early and we die too young, our prime of life should be in the 70's and old age should not come until we are almost 100. — Joseph Pilates
A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world. — Lydia Maria Child
With years a richer life begins, the spirit mellow: ripe age gives tones to violins, wine, and good fellows. — John Townsend Trowbridge
The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later. — Charles Caleb Colton
The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income. — George Foreman
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 is not in my vocabulary. They aren't going to get rid of me that way. — Betty White
The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. — Hervey Allen
I think my idea of retirement might be to one day work a 40-hour week. — Vince McMahon
The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. — Helen Hayes
The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young. — Theodore Roosevelt
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young. — Fred Astaire
For a photographer, the first 70 years are a bit difficult, but after that things get better. — Robert Doisneau
Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Be patient with yourself, nothing in nature blooms all year.
What Is Retirement Quotes
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
In many cases, how you sell is more important than what you sell. — Brian Clark
I’ve always said that the key to our success is not how big we are, it’s how small we act. Our people are what make us great. — Glen Bell
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
I don’t care about what nobody say or how nobody feel. I’m happy, I’m living my life, and that’s what it is. — 21 Savage
What I do is temporary, but what I leave behind is forever. — Markiplier
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
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down "happy". They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life
Success is liking yourself and what you do because if you like yourself, you are happy with who you are and how you live and what you do. — Ryan Higa
What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches. — Karl A. Menninger
What I would like to say is make sure you know what you really want to do and do it. And also I want to say, if not now then when? — Lisa Manoban
I like to say, ‘Experience is what you got when you didn’t get what you wanted.’ — Howard S. Marks
Retirement 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
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
One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us. — Jerry Garcia
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
I swear that when our lips touch I can taste the next sixty years of my life.
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
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
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
Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God. — Rick Warren
Good Retirement Quotes
Investors should focus on the process rather than the outcome. Over time, a good process will lead to favorable outcomes. — Gautam Baid
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
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
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
A great attitude becomes a great day which becomes a great month which becomes a great year which becomes a great life.
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
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
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw of the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in you sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
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
We turn not older with years but newer every day.
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
Time To Retire Quotes
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
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’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
In the end, It's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
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 best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
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
Retiring Quotes
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
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
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
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
Retirement Planning Quotes
Once you have a plan, always invest within the boundaries and parameters of your plan. Never bend your rules to accommodate your guts. — Naved Abdali
It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label. — Barack Obama
Instead of planning the retirement of the Space Shuttle program, America should be preparing the shuttles for their next step in space: evolving, not shutting them down and laying off thousands of people. — Buzz Aldrin
I’m proud to say like many of my colleagues in the Conservative Party I am fully behind Theresa May’s Brexit plans. — Liz Truss
Investment is somewhat like cricket, where you change your game plan as per the format. — Vijay Kedia
No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don’t fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best. — Benjamin Carson
Always have a goal, always have a second plan. — Cardi B
Better late than never is a bad plan for site reliability. — Cliff Lerner
I have no plans to retire. It's the perfect combination of work and play that keeps you young. If I quit work it would be the beginning of the end for me. — Hugh Hefner
I feel it's important to be active. People who retire, sit by their swimming pool and golf course and plan to relax have a very empty life. — Betty Ford
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
I wish I could say farewell and retire but there is nothing for me to retire from. — Tommy Chong
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
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
I try to be a complete player – in attack and in defense – and to improve every year. — Antoine Griezmann
Essentially, I’m a 21-year-old who’s a millionaire through gaming, vlogging, and my online experience. Yo, I’ll take it! — KSI
At the high end, retirees who had $500,000 or more right before retirement had spent down a median of only 11.8 percent of that money 20 years later or by the time they died. That’s more than 88 percent left over — which means that a person retiring at 65 with half a million dollars still has more than $440,000 left at age 85! At the lower end, retirees with less than $200,000 saved up for retirement spent a higher percentage as you might expect, since they had less to spend overall — but even this group’s median members had spent down only one-quarter of their assets 18 years after retirement. — Bill Perkins
I experienced the year 2000 dot com crash and the 2008 financial crisis, and it almost wiped out the company. — Eric Yuan
Stop comparing yourself to people who started ten years before you. Focus on your own journey. — Russell Brunson
My desire to contribute to the spaceflight team as we move forward in our exploration of space has only increased over the years. — Peggy Whitson
My goal is always to improve what has been done the previous season and also collectively seek to do better than the year past. — Antoine Griezmann
I'm moving on. I should have made that clear when I made the announcement. I guess I wasn't clear. If people think you're leaving a show after all these years, you might be retiring. So I understand where they're coming from, but I should have impressed the fact that I hope I'm just moving on right now. — Regis Philbin
Many stocks could have been bought at 52 week highs for many years and still turn out 100 to one winners. All one has to do is identify them and stick to them. — Thomas Phelps
I was inspired by the men who walked on the moon. It really was my inspiration, I think, you know, as a kid of 9 years old – I know I’m dating myself, but – I thought, ‘What a cool job!’ — Peggy Whitson
I hope my message has at least jarred you into rethinking the standard and conventional approaches to living one’s life — get a good job, work hard through endless hours, and then retire in your sixties or seventies and live out your days in your so-called golden years. But I still ask you: Why wait until your health and life energy have begun to wane? Rather than just focusing on saving up for a big pot full of money that you will most likely not be able to spend in your lifetime, live your life to the fullest now. Chase memorable life experiences, give money to your kids when they can best use it, donate money to charity while you’re still alive. That’s the way to live life. Remember: In the end, the business of life is the acquisition of memories. So what are you waiting for? — Bill Perkins
Our early interests are fragile, vaguely defined, and in need of energetic, years-long cultivation and refinement. — Angela Duckworth
What a privilege and honour it has been to be part of seven years of magic in a tent – ‘The Great British Bake Off.’ — Mary Berry
I would say, in a year, I spend maybe half of that playing FIFA. I love it that much. — KSI
When LeBron came into the league, I was 9 years old. So I grew up watching him play. — Giannis Antetokounmpo
I love Milwaukee! I’m going to be in Milwaukee 20 years! I’ll be here so long, they’ll be sick of me! — Giannis Antetokounmpo
Tim Duncan did it. Dirk Nowitzki did it. I just want to be one of those guys… that stays for the city, play for the city for 20 years. — Giannis Antetokounmpo
What if I told you insane was working fifty hours a week in some office for fifty years at the end of which they tell you to p*ss off; ending up in some retirement village hoping to die before suffering the indignity of trying to make it to the toilet on time? Wouldn't you consider that to be insane? — Steve Buscemi
62 percent of jobs in America will be in danger within the next ten to twenty years. — Paul Jarvis
I would have to say it has been representing my county in both athletics and cricket in my younger years. — Martyn Ford
My name is E. Howard Hunt. I'm currently retired from more than 22 years in the profession of espionage. — E. Howard Hunt
As a chapter closes in your life,
And a new one starts for you,
May your years be filled with all the things
You've been looking forward to! — John Walter Bratton
So, after graduating MIT I went to work at Jane Street Capital for about three and a half years. It was a wonderful work experience. — Sam Bankman-Fried
Today, Medicare provides health insurance to about 40 million seniors and disabled individuals each year. The number is only expected to grow as the baby boomers begin retiring. — Jim Bunning
Gone is the day where you work at a job for thirty years and retire. Millennials jump around and switch careers. I think it's important for CEOs to highlight career mobility within a company, so that employees don't get bored and continue to be stimulated. — Kabir Sehgal
Few men have led a more active life - bodily or mentally - from a constitutional anxiety for regularity, precision, and order, during fifty years' business career, from which I had retired. — William Banting
From the time I was twelve years old until I retired last year at the age of fifty-seven, the Army was my life. I loved commanding soldiers and being around people who had made a serious commitment to serve their country. — Norman Schwarzkopf
Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words. — Haile Gebrselassie
What did I want with prestige? The British Open paid the winner $600 in American money. A man would have to be two hundred years old at that rate to retire from golf. — Sam Snead
Social Security is a solemn promise to kupuna like my 88-year-old mother that they can rely on the retirement they've earned. While I'm glad to see our seniors receive an increase for the second year in a row, I wish the cost-of-living adjustment could be larger. However, every little bit helps make a difference in these tough economic times. — Mazie Hirono
I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age. — Nadia Comaneci
I will never turn Medicare into a voucher. No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies. They should retire with the care and dignity they have earned. — Barack Obama
Dance in the most perishable of the arts. Ballets are forgotten, ballerinas retire, choreographers die--and what remains of that glorious production which so excited us a decade ago, a year ago, or even last night? — Jack Anderson
Baseball players tend to have something like 20 good years in them and then around their mid-thirties they aren't in the same shape as the young guys in the league and kind of aren't worth as much. Then they retire before 40. And they are left floating adrift in the middle of the ocean. — Michael Cera
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