Quotes on Retiring

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.

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.

Outrun the people who quit when they feel discomfort, outrun the people who stop because of despair, outrun the people who are delayed because of prejudice, outrun the people who surrender to failure, and outrun the opponent who loses sight of the goal. Because if you want to win, the will can never retire, the race can never stop, and faith can never weaken.

I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself!

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.

People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is no end in sight.

Hopefully, we can build a rivalry and we'll be able to do this a lot. Make a legacy, then retire champions.

Thoughts on the Merits of Work The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing.

Never retire! Do what you do and keep doing it. But don't do it on Friday. Take Friday off. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, go fishing...Then Monday to Thursday, do what you've been doing all your life. My point is: Live full and don't retreat.

I'm still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.

Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.

Some debts are fun while you are acquiring them, But none are fun when you set about retiring them.

I never use that word, retire.

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

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.

To retire is the beginning of death.

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

You can be young without money but you can't be old without it.