Maxioms Pet

X
  •   37  /  29  

    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.

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  25  /  28  

The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.

The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.

by Abe Lemons Found in: Retirement Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  33  /  44  

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.

by Anonymous Found in: Retirement Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  28  /  22  

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow read more

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Retirement Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  17  /  23  

There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the
job.

There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the
job.

by Unknown Found in: Retirement Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  9  /  8  

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.

by Nelson Mandela Found in: Retirement Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  11  /  10  

Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.

Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.

by George F. Burns Found in: Retirement Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  10  /  31  

Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. read more

Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.

by Bernard M. Baruch Found in: Retirement Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  41  /  30  

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.

by Scott Elledge Found in: Retirement Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  34  /  31  

The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does.

The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does.

by Anonymous Found in: Retirement Quotes,
Share to:
Maxioms Web Pet