quotations about retirement
Accept the fact that you are retired. Don't spend all your time wishing the past would return; it won't. Accept instead that your life has entered a new stage, and ahead of you are new adventures.
BILLY GRAHAM
"The ABCs of your life after retirement", Bowling Green Daily News, November 25, 2017
Without literature, friendship, and religion, retirement is a blank.
BENJAMIN COLLINS BRODIE
attributed, Day's Collacon
The sign says, "families welcome"
At the Oaks Retirement Home
But mostly, no one comes 'cept on the weekends
Ruby Wilson lives in 303
Where she spends most her time
But it's almost noon on Sunday
And she's been sitting in the lobby since nine
She's all dressed up in her best hat and gloves
She's all dressed up
Watching and waiting, but nobody comes
Some days sure are lonely days
And time can move so slow
When you're all dressed up
With nowhere to go
REBA MCENTIRE
"All Dressed Up"
I've got a sizeable retirement nest egg. It's an ostrich egg, and it's going to make an omelet so big that it'll produce enough leftovers for decades.
JAROD KINTZ
The Days of Yay are Here! Wake Me Up When They're Over
I live in retirement now
And through my window comes the sound of seagulls
And sets my mind remembering
The evening stars like memories sail far
beyond the distant trees
Way out across the open seas
I hear them sing
AL STEWART
"Old Admirals"
When the evening of life is spent in retirement, consecrated and improved, a mild lustre usually gilds its close, and the memory of departed excellence is cherished by survivors with sentiments of profound veneration and high esteem.
D. FORBES
attributed, Day's Collacon
Sadly, retirement planning, in many circumstances, has become nothing more than planned procrastination.
RICHIE NORTON
The Power of Starting Something Stupid: How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live Without Regret
It appears history is going to keep happening, despite our hopes for retirement.
GREGORY MAGUIRE
Out of Oz
I don't have a retirement plan
Just a hundred acre piece of black dirt land
And a red tractor sittin' in the shed
KRISTY LEE COOK
"Plant the Seed"
The man who looks forward to retirement when he can go fishing seven times a week, soon finds himself doing the dishes three times a day.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
The days grow longer for smaller prizes
I feel a stranger to all surprises
You can have them I don't want them
I wear a different kind of garment
In my rehearsals for retirement
PHIL OCHS
"Rehearsals for Retirement"
Retirement can and will be a glorious time in your life. You'll love the freedom and ability to try new things. It's a new phase of life; a chance to be a beginner again.
RICHARD CARLSON
The Don't Sweat Guide to Retirement
Life begins at retirement.
ANONYMOUS
It is well to retire from this world, to reflect on another.
CHARLES V OF GERMANY
attributed, Day's Collacon
What's the best age to retire? It's a question countless workers ask themselves every day. Pinpointing the right retirement age isn't easy, as each choice comes with its own consequences. Leave the workforce at 62, for example, and you'll slash your Social Security benefits should the need arise to claim them right away. But, you'll also get more years of payments, not to mention the ability to enjoy some downtime when you're younger and are apt to have more energy.
MAURIE BACKMAN
"3 Rules for Picking the Perfect Retirement Age", The Motley Fool, November 10, 2017
The idea of retirement is alien to me. When it gives you great joy to do something--in my case, make music--why on earth would you stop?
BENNY ANDERSSON
"Abba's Benny Andersson says idea of retirement is alien to him", Belfast Telegraph, October 28, 2017
In the wealthy nations of the world we face nothing less than a thorough redefinition of retirement. To be sure, people will continue to retire from their jobs. But ... retirement will no longer be the twilight of life, focused on rest, recreation, and recuperation; it will now be a time in which people will marshal their experience and intelligence to create entirely new lives for themselves.
PETER SCHWARTZ
Inevitable Surprises
Early retirement is less for people who hate their jobs and more for those who have a clear idea of a different lifestyle or goal they may want to pursue.
KRISTIN WONG
"The Basics of FIRE (Financial Independence and Early Retirement)", Lifehacker Australia, November 16, 2017
When you retire, think and act as if you were still working; when you're still working, think and act a bit as if you were already retired.
ANONYMOUS
There are some evils to which a life of retirement is exposed, the principal of which are idleness, humor, conceit, incivility, churlishness, and misanthropy.
E. G. BATES
The Young Gentleman's Book