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There's one thing I always wanted to do before I quit... Retire!
Sep 29, 2025
When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income.
The splendid thing about education is that everyone wants it. Like influenza, you can give it away without losing any of it yourself.
Gainfully unemployed, very proud of it, too.
Retirement means no pressure, no stress, no heartache... unless you play golf.
Retirement: That's when you return from work one day and say, "Hi, Honey, I'm home - forever."
Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
I enjoy waking up and not having to go to work. So I do it three or four times a day.
A retired husband is often a wife's full-time job.
The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
Retirement is wonderful. It's doing nothing without worrying about getting caught at it.
The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.
Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years.
A man can't retire his experience.
Retirement: It's nice to get out of the rat race, but you have to learn to get along with less cheese.
A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime.
Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.
The best teacher lodges an intent not in the mind but in the heart.
The children are now working as if I did not exist.
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
There are three things to remember when teaching: know your stuff; know whom you are stuffing; and then stuff them elegantly.
The greatest sign of success for a teacher...is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."
Old teachers never die, they just grade away.
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.
A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
I'm really fortunate to have been to the schools I've been to, and to have the experiences I've had. And, partly since my parents are retired teachers, I've got the desire to give back. When I knew that I had that instinct, I got certified (through the Creativity Coaching Association) and I started working with artists of all kinds - though now I focus on writers.
Warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
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.
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