When you retire, think and act as if you were still working; when you're still working, think and act a bit as if you were already retired

Quote by Charles De Saint-Evremond

Topics: Retirement Quotes

The foolish moments of the head are often the most wonderful times of the heart.

The foolish moments of the head are often the most wonderful times of the heart.

Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and...

Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and...

Too austere a philosophy makes few wise men; too rigorous politics, few good subjects; too...

Too austere a philosophy makes few wise men; too rigorous politics, few good subjects; too...

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are...

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are...

Most of the brothers don't make the kind of scratch I do.

Most of the brothers don't make the kind of scratch I do.

Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.

Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that...

The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that...

Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in...

Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in...

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that...

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that...

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both...

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both...

While nobles are crying in their nights' chains, the squires sing. The terrible politics of...

While nobles are crying in their nights' chains, the squires sing. The terrible politics of...

If we consider that all we deal with represents constantly changing sub-microscopic, interrelated processes which...

If we consider that all we deal with represents constantly changing sub-microscopic, interrelated processes which...

The smaller the stakes, the pettier the politics.

The smaller the stakes, the pettier the politics.

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem...

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem...

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real...

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real...

Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust...

Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust...

Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of...

Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of...