"It is so natural for us to consider our presence as indispensable in the world, so long as we have much to do in it, that the wisdom of retiring wholly from employments in advanced life may be questioned. Certainly, he who does so is in danger of finding, before long, that he has only given up the occupation to which he has been accustomed, for the new business of calculating the period of his decease."

-- Christian Nestell Bovee

#Retirement Quotes #Long Quotes #Doe Quotes

“The sure ways to create new ventures of discovery are to keep an open mind.”
“His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.”
“If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you would probably design something like a classroom.”
“The most successful leader of all is the one who sees another picture not yet actualised”
“We only want to link up with people whom we like, admire, and trust. ... We do not wish to join with managers who lack admirable qualities, no matter how attractive the prospects of their business. We've never succeeded in making a good deal with a bad person.”
“Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.”
“First, believe in the world-that there is meaning behind everything.”
“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.”

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