I am closing my 52 years of military service. When I joined the
army, even before the turn of read more

I am closing my 52 years of military service. When I joined the
army, even before the turn of the century, it was the fulfillment
of all my boyish hopes and dreams.
The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the
plain at West Point, and the hopes and dreams have long since
vanished, but I still remember the refrain of one of the most
barracks ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that
old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
And like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military
career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his
duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.

There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working.

There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working.

Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.

Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.

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

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

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not read more

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.

A man is known by the company that keeps him on after retirement age.

A man is known by the company that keeps him on after retirement age.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able
man.

It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able
man.

Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than read more

Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it