![]() ![]() “Retirement is when you stop living at work and start working at living.”– Unknown “Retirement can be an opportunity to enjoy life in a new way, the right to stop work and do the 1,001 things you’ve always wanted to do but never had time for, and a chance to give yourself over to new challenges and adventures.”– Sara Yogev “Retirement is a time for personal growth, which becomes the path to greater personal freedom.”– Mark Evan Chimsky “Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” - J. “Retire from your job, but never retire your mind.” - Unknown Go forward and make your dreams come true.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson “Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. 11 “Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.“For many, retirement is a time for personal growth, which becomes the path to greater freedom.” - Robert Delamontague It is a chance to redesign your life into something new and different.” - Patrick Foley If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.” - Oprah Winfrey “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. “Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” - Fred Rogers You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” - Jim Rohn “Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.” -Will Rogers It is the beginning of the open highway.” - Unknown “Men do not quit playing because they grow old they grow old because they quit playing.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes Some call it ‘retirement.’ I call it bliss.” - Betty Sullivan “There is a whole new kind of life ahead, full of experiences just waiting to happen. And when he gets to Heaven to Saint Peter he will tell, "Just another soldier reporting, Sir. Guess them bastards always will So we drill and drill until we fade away. Corporals, they love their stripes, that's what they say. Privates they love their beer, 'most every day. Old soldiers never die, Never die, never die, Old soldiers never die They just fade away. ![]() Beefsteak we never see, damn-all sugar for our tea And we are gradually fading away. There is an old cookhouse, far far away Where we get pork and beans, three times a day. Listen to a clip of this ballad by Vaughan Monroe. ![]() The ballad became widely popular after General MacArthur used the phrase in his farewell address. One version of the lyrics appears below which differs slightly from the Vaughan Monroe version on YouTube. Most people do not realize that the phrase originally came from an old Army ballad. Old soldiers never die they just fade away - That's the most famous quote from General Douglas MacArthur's retirement speech before Congress. Then wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy. Now, when you boys get home, you're gonna see a lot of war protestors. Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition! -Lieutenant Howell Maurice Forgy They're on our right, they're on our left, they're in front of us, they're behind us they can't get away from us this time. The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire. The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears. The military retirement quotes below are a good way to add some lite humor to your speech. General Douglas MacArthur Military retirement quotes - the lighter side of military life I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world. The Marines will never disappoint the expectations of their country – never! - Captain C.W. Richard Harding DavisĪnd they live tradition the United States Marine bears upon his shoulders the nation’s past and the nation’s hopes for the future. The Marines have landed and the situation is well in hand. I have not yet begun to fight! - Navy Captain John Paul Jones I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious. Photo from Naval History & Heritage Command ![]()
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