quotations about retirement
Retirement has been a discovery of beauty for me. I never had the time before to notice the beauty of my grandkids, my wife, the tree outside my very own front door. And, the beauty of time itself.
HARTMAN JULE
The Gift of Age: Wit and Wisdom, Information and Inspiration for the Chronologically Endowed, and Those Who Will Be
The goal of retirement is to live off your assets--not on them.
FRANK EBERHART
attributed, Retiring In Comfort: How to Build Your Wealth for the Future
A foundation of good sense, and a cultivation of learning, are required to give a seasoning to retirement, and make us taste the blessing.
JOHN DRYDEN
The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose
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
Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
Retirement is the period in life when you stop quoting the proverb that time is money.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Retirement: It's nice to get out of the rat race, but you have to learn to get along with less cheese.
GENE PERRET
attributed, Say It With Style
The challenge of retirement is how to spend time without spending money.
ANONYMOUS
Retirement: World's longest coffee break.
ANONYMOUS
We think retirement could start to evolve. We expect to continue to see a shift away from the old-school, traditional idea of retirement in which people's days are filled with a lot of golf but not much else. Today's retirees and people who will retire in the next 10 and 20 years (and even farther into the future) are active and want to continue being productive in some way. That doesn't mean they keep working their same, full-time job until the end of time. But because they worked hard to build retirement savings and wealth over their working years, they're now free to explore other activities, jobs and positions without worrying about the number on the paycheck from their work.
ERIC JANSEN
"Traditional retirement is dead", CNBC, November 1, 2017
I've been attending lots of seminars in my retirement. They're called naps.
MERRI BROWNWORTH
attributed, Say It With Style
The difficulty of retirement planning is its parameters -- an undetermined amount of money, to last an unknown length of time, in a highly volatile financial environment including fluctuations in the stock market, the cost of living, medical care, taxes, and Social Security.
ELLIE WILLIAMS
All About Retirement Funds
It is well to retire from this world, to reflect on another.
CHARLES V OF GERMANY
attributed, Day's Collacon
The lights are cold again they dance below me
I turn to old friends they do not know me
All but the beggar he remembers
I put a penny down for payment
In my rehearsals for retirement
PHIL OCHS
"Rehearsals for Retirement"
Retirement is having nothing to do and someone always keeping you from it.
ROBERT BRAULT
attributed, The Big Book of Senior Moments
I believe that the biggest mistake that most people make when it comes to their retirement is they do not plan for it. They take the same route as Alice in the story from "Alice in Wonderland," in which the cat tells Alice that surely she will get somewhere as long as she walks long enough. It may not be exactly where you wanted to get to, but you certainly get somewhere.
MARK SINGER
The Changing Landscape of Retirement
Just like your wedding day or the day your child is born, retirement is a huge and exciting milestone -- but it can also be terrifying. Retirement is full of unknowns -- namely, the uncertainty surrounding whether you'll have enough money to last through retirement.
KATIE BROCKMAN
"Even Wealthy Americans Are Worried About This Huge Retirement Expense", The Motley Fool, November 7, 2017
The day of retirement have finally come
Get a gold watch and your work is done
One month later your heart give out
What was all that planning about?
SEASICK STEVE
"What a Way to Go"
Retirement without study is death, and the grave of a living man.
SENECA
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
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