active life Quotes

I think it's better to burn out than to fade away... it's better to live out your days being very, very active - even if it destroys you - than to quietly... disappear.

My father was a rather active guy, and he was often engaged in something if not physically, then mentally.

I'm one of those people who, as long as I am still healthy and my thoughts are more or less clear, I don't think I can retire entirely.

The day I retire is the day I'll feel old. I'm not there yet.

I've been extraordinarily fortunate that I've been able to go live a very active, stressful life. And I don't believe that my heart disease changed me for the worst.

I have no plans to retire. It's the perfect combination of work and play that keeps you young. If I quit work it would be the beginning of the end for me.

The more we can give in our silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life.

I've been active all my life. In 1990 I retired from my firm, I.M. Pei & Partners, and for two years I didn't do much. Then I started to get kind of antsy, so I decided, I'm going to do some more work. And I chose to do work outside the U.S. because I've spent 45 years here and I wanted to learn more about what's happening in the rest of the world.

I don't want to rust out, I'd rather wear out.

I feel it's important to be active. People who retire, sit by their swimming pool and golf course and plan to relax have a very empty life.

It’s better to wear out than rust out.

I was never a playboy but I was an out and about boy.

Work is the basis of living. I'll never retire. A man'll rust out quicker than he'll wear out.

I have always been a great dreamer; in dreams I am more active than in my real life, and these shadows sapped me of health and energy.

I'm never standing still and that makes my life pretty exciting.

Live to 97 and you can do anything.

I don't believe in retirement.

The artist's life is to be where life is, active life, found in neither ivory tower nor concrete shelter; he must be out listening to everything, looking at everything, and thinking it all out afterward.

I'm just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.

The strenuous life tastes better

The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.

To live is not enough; we must take part.

We're encouraged by the engagement on ClassPass and the tremendous growth we've had that shows we are fulfilling our mission of helping people live a more active life.

[On her 101-year-old sister and herself, at 103:] We have a lot to do ... People don't understand this. They think we're sitting around in rocking chairs, which isn't at all true. Why, we don't even own a rocking chair.

I've been performing since 1955. I'm going to have to keep performing till I die because I'm not going to die in some rocking chair with a big ol' beer belly.