When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights. — George Burns
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 is not in my vocabulary. They aren't going to get rid of me that way. — Betty White
It's a mere moment in a man's life between an All-Star game and an old-timer's game. — Vin Scully
Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth — Mason Cooley
Too many people, when they get old, think that they have to live by the calendar. — John Glenn
It's time to stop your grinnin' and drop your linen! — Shawn Michaels
One day, you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the thing you've always wanted. Do it now.
When I Retire Quotes
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
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
When I started Taco Bell, I wasn’t thinking about creating an empire; I just wanted to make a living doing something I enjoyed. — Glen Bell
Don't compare your life to others. There's no comparison between the sun and the moon. They shine when it's their time.
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
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
The fact is I do feel very Spanish, like when I’m talking to my wife and daughter in Spanish at two in the afternoon. I even think in Spanish when I get angry! — Antoine Griezmann
Every time you judge someone else, you reveal an unhealed part of yourself.
I like to say, ‘Experience is what you got when you didn’t get what you wanted.’ — Howard S. Marks
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
When you lose someone you love, you don’t think the same way. And that’s why I say I enjoy life: because it goes very fast. — Paul Pogba
I’m a very lazy person, so I don’t really do things or go out very much, but when I do get out of the house, I do get recognized a lot. — Sadie Sink
Knowing When To Retire Quotes
There are three things to remember when teaching: know your stuff; know whom you are stuffing; and then stuff them elegantly. — Lola J. May
Knowing when to take a big risk and hiring the best is one of the biggest lessons we learned. — Cliff Lerner
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
Do not set aside your happiness. Do not wait to be happy in the future. The best time to be happy is always now.
I know of no painless process for giving birth to a picture idea. When I must produce, I retire to a quiet room with a supply of cheap paper and sharp pencils; my brain knows it's going to take a beating. — Norman Rockwell
When I lose my marbles which is never, when I lose my energy, I travel the world today for Viacom, China, Turkey, Dubai, Kuwait. When that happens, I'll know enough to retire, but that's never gonna happen. I'm here for forever. — Sumner Redstone
When some fellers decide to retire nobody knows the difference. — Kin Hubbard
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass away.
Nobody knows what the cause is, though some pretend they do; it like some hidden assassin waiting to strike at you. Childless women get it, and men when they retire; it as if there had to be some outlet for their foiled creative fire. — W. H. Auden
I enjoy the competition and the process of learning as we compete. The whole thing is just fascinating. I don't know what I'll do when I retire. When I go sailing, I look around ... anyone want to race? I just love competing as opposed to just going out and watching the sunset. — Larry Ellison
I wanted to get my coaching badges after retiring, and I asked to take the exam, but they told me I needed to study for four years. I told them they were crazy. Who is going to study for four years? How is someone going to teach me technical things when I know more than they do? — Johan Cruyff
God knows when I'm going to retire. I think I'm going to be bored. — Mark Roberts
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
Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it's now or never.
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
Life has a way of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once.
If you propose something, you’d better be ready to run it. — Michael J. Massimino
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
The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to a desert cave and rethink my life. — Gloria Swanson
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
Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.
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
Live your life. Take chances. Be crazy. Don't wait. Because right now is the oldest you've ever been and the youngest you'll ever be again.
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
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
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
Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different.
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
Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.
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
I Want To Retire Quotes
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 started with Bitcoin and I left Bitcoin not because I was pushed out… I left Bitcoin because there’s no way to use Bitcoin to do the things that I wanted to do. — Charles Hoskinson
I may not be ‘the prettiest’ or have ‘big boobies,’ but I want people to remember me as the best. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk
I want to be remembered for just being myself and doing what I want to do. — KSI
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
I wanted to be my own boss and God knows I wanted to travel. — Cliff Lerner
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 want to stay humble, but I have to talk because the other guys talk too much, and I understand the crazy power the UFC PR machine has. — Khabib Nurmagomedov
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’ve never been afraid to just speak my mind and just do what I want to do. — KSI
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
Retiring Quotes
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
The thoughtful soul to solitude retires. — Omar Khayyam
Retirement Age 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
People ask me what I'd most appreciate getting for my eighty-seventh birthday. I tell them, a paternity suit. — George Burns
Optimistic young adults stay healthier throughout middle age and, ultimately, live longer than pessimists. — Angela Duckworth
I think true love – love, wine and beauty, they better with age. — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
It felt like the most natural thing in the world to do [to fly a plane at age 6]. — Edward Higgins White
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 realized it might be possible to do such a thing, run for money, trot for wages on piece work at a bob a puff rising bit by bit to a guinea a gasp and retiring through old age at thirty-two because of lace-curtain lungs, a football heart, and legs like varicose beanstalks. — Alan Sillitoe
Retire me to my Milan, where
Every third thought shall be my grave. — William Shakespeare
I think ageing is challenging, surprising, fun, and full of friendship, so that is the approach I’ll take, objecting to the stigmatization of ageing in so many modern societies. — Martha C. Nussbaum
I really loved football from a young age. And my only thought, my only objective in life, was to be a professional footballer. — Paul Pogba
Never Retire Quotes
In business, one should never take anything for granted. Your fortune can change in five minutes. — Koos Bekker
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
Never promote someone who hasn’t made some bad mistakes, because if you do, you are promoting someone who has never done anything. — Philip Arthur Fisher
I’ve never wanted to be a lady who lunches – I’ve always wanted to be a woman who works. — Meghan Markle
Everyday hit every wave, like I’m Hawaiian. I don’t surf the net, no I’ve never been on MySpace, too busy letting my voice vibrate, carving out my space in this world. — Jay-Z
If the job has been correctly done when a common stock is purchased, the time to sell it is – almost never. — Philip Arthur Fisher
I’m never trying to break a career high out there. — Kawhi Leonard
I never take fights personal and I’m not emotional when I’m fighting. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk
A painting is never finished — it simply stops in interesting places. — Dan Sullivan
I don’t like to predict the fights. People can do that. They can predict my fights, but I never do that. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk
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
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
Every time I enter the field, it’s like, ‘Smriti, you have to score.’ And I love that responsibility. — Smriti Mandhana
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
Markets can be volatile from time to time; however, stock prices follow earnings accumulation over the long term. — Naved Abdali
I know since my first fight in the UFC I can beat Ronda Rousey, but of course I have to take my time and put everything together. — Amanda Nunes
It is ironic that most guy will ‘never’ have enough time to spend with their wives, but they always have time to visit the divorce lawyer. — Corey Wayne
The only time I’ll use a microwave is to warm up a cup of coffee I’ve left too long before drinking. — Mary Berry
I don’t have anything to do but get in the cage and show my work and wait for my time. — Amanda Nunes
You have to live in your times. — Didier Deschamps
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
I just stay home all the time. But the things I have learned outside of basketball is you got to take care of your body. — Giannis Antetokounmpo
If feeling anxious about anything Dr Bachs night time rescue remedy is great. Sometimes a bath before bed helps. Burning Lavender or Clary Sage in the room before retiring. Try not to work on my computer very late and then bed straight after. Getting enough exercise definitely helps sleep. — Rachel Ryan
I’ll continue to make videos as long as I have the time and people continue to watch my videos, but eventually I’d like to mainstream into TV or movies. — Ryan Higa
I just want to play, whether it’s on the right or the left. I give 100 percent all the time. — Paul Pogba
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
When I started watching matches, it was those of Marseille. After that, it was Lyon. I went to see them all the time in the league or the Champions League with my dad. — Antoine Griezmann
To focus on your legacy when you’re alive, is to detract from the time you could spend building it. — Isaac Mashman
A lot of people know who I am now. They want a little bit of me, a little bit of my time. But at the end of the day, I still have to remember who I am. — Giannis Antetokounmpo
The more successful one is at market timing, the greater is the temptation to rely on it and thus miss much greater opportunities of buying right and holding on. — Thomas Phelps
You really have to be winning by the time you get to 20 these days. — Stephen Hendry
Nowadays you never see players playing cards. We used to sit around playing cards together all the time. But I can’t fight that, I have to adapt and change. — Didier Deschamps
I read all the time. I love it. My fantasy would be to be locked into a library. I’d be very, veryhappy. — Pink
When people talk to you in such glowing terms, that is the time to be very, very alert because the worst of the mistakes are made in the best of the times. — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Your lexicon is not entitled to slurs; it's time to retire them. — Tim McIlrath
The best time to raise money is when you don’t need to. — Cliff Lerner
I do not have time to put a lot of work into organizing social events and a social life. — Sam Bankman-Fried
Men in the uniform of Wall Street retirement: black Chesterfield coat, rimless glasses and the Times folded to the obituary page. — Jimmy Breslin
Yorkie has officially retired about 5 times... The man's a clown... People are going on about the game and agents and directors of football and managers losing their jobs, but we should be worried about people like him... Clowns. That's the last time I'm going to say clown... If he's the vice-president of FIFA, God help us all. — Roy Keane
I've truly been blessed. I've taken my time, kept my eye on the prize and done what I've had to do. So I'm able to make a choice when to retire. Most fighters really couldn't. — Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
I want to give more time to my children, my family, to my health. — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife. — Nelson Mandela
I've always believed in the concept of retirement. I retired for the first time at age 18 ... from school. To me, retirement means doing what you want to do without worrying about getting paid for it. — Tommy Chong
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