quotations about retirement
Life begins at retirement.
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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
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
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"
Retirement without study is death, and the grave of a living man.
SENECA
attributed, Day's Collacon
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
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
O, blest retirement! friend to life's decline --
How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these,
A youth of labor with an age of ease!
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
The Deserted Village
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
A retired husband is often a wife's full-time job.
ELLA HARRIS
attributed, Say It With Style
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
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"
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
I remind clients that retirement is not a finite point in time, it's the beginning of a 25-plus year time horizon.
JANET KIDD STEWART
"If you are getting ready to retire, don't let stock market volatility panic you", VC Star, November 23, 2017
In retirement, the passage of time seems accelerated. Nothing warns us of its flight. It is a wave which never murmurs, because there is no obstacle to its flow.
MADAME SWETCHINE
"Airelles", The Writings of Madame Swetchine
One final rule about retirement is that you need an actual plan, regardless of age, for how you'll spend your days. If your goal is to start a business, make sure it's a feasible idea, and start laying the groundwork before retirement so you're able to dive right in and stay occupied once you leave your primary job. If you're expecting to work part-time to not just cover your bills in retirement, but give yourself someplace to go during the day, do some research and make sure local businesses are hiring. Finally, if your goal is to enjoy your leisure time and not work at all, come up with a concrete list of things you actually want to do. Maybe you're hoping to travel, or take a class at your local community college. You're more likely to wind up content in retirement if you go in having already figured out what you'll be doing with all of that time.
MAURIE BACKMAN
"3 Rules for Picking the Perfect Retirement Age", The Motley Fool, November 10, 2017
I've been attending lots of seminars in my retirement. They're called naps.
MERRI BROWNWORTH
attributed, Say It With Style
When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch.
R. C. SHERRIFF
Reader's Digest, Volume 67, 1955
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
Retirement is not a static event, fixed in time with a gold watch to mark it. Rather retirement -- if that is even the right word -- is a multidirectional process that can take many years.
ALICE RADOSH
Women Confronting Retirement