V9 40th Birthday / Retirement
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  40th Birthday
Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.”
Helen Rowland (English-American writer, 1876-1950)
At the age of 20, we don't care what the world thinks of us; at 30, we worry about what it is thinking of us; at 40, we discover that it wasn't thinking of us at all.”
“Forty isn't old, if you're a tree”
"I just woke up" face of your 30's is the "all day long" face of your 40's”
Libby Reid
The best years of a woman's life - the ten years between 39 and 40”
“At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement.”
Benjamin Franklin (American Statesman, Scientist, Philosopher, Printer, Writer and Inventor. 1706-1790)
“To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.”
Bernard M. Baruch (American Economist and adviser to US presidents, 1870-1965)
“Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.”
George William Curtis (American social reformer, author and editor, 1824-1892)
“What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy”
Voltaire quotes (French Philosopher and Writer. One of the greatest of all French authors, 1694-1778)
“Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.”
Victor Hugo quotes (French romantic Poet, Novelist and Dramatist, 1802-1885)
Reference: From www.thinkexist.com
Retirement
“Retirement kills more people than hard work ever did.”
Malcolm S. Forbes
“How has retirement affected my golf game? A lot more people beat me now.”
Dwight David Eisenhower (American 34th President (1953-61). 1890-1969)
“Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their companies should foot the bill. We can no longer afford to scrap-pile people.”
Mahatma Gandhi quotes (Indian Philosopher, internationally esteemed for his doctrine of nonviolent protest, 1869-1948)
“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”
Charles de Saint-Evremond
“The hardest people to convince they are at retirement age are children at bedtime”
Shannon Fife
“A man is known by the company that keeps him on after retirement age”
Reference: From www.thinkexist.com
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