quotations about retirement
I've been attending lots of seminars in my retirement. They're called naps.
MERRI BROWNWORTH
attributed, Say It With Style
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
Well, my retirement plan's a coffee can and it's full of IOUs.
JEFF BATES
"Already Spent"
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
Retirement is the number one reason clients come to me for financial planning. It's always a variation of, "Do I have enough?" And it's no wonder why! Everything we read programs us to fear the dreaded retirement. It's as if we have no control over what happens to us when we turn 67. The day hits and there are two paths: those who made their retirement goals, and those who didn't. The 'haves' go on to live a golden hued life filled with travel, golf and rummy cube (I'm not knocking it - I would give anything to play rummy cube all day). Then there are the poor "have nots." These are the ones who just didn't do enough, had bad luck or both. They, needless to say, live a life without rummy.
LIZ FRAZIER PECK
"5 Strategies To Help You Meet Your Retirement Goals (That Don't Involve Saving More Money)", Forbes, October 31, 2017
The man of a thousand retirements
Will always be the one to tell you when to quit
I won't take stock in a withered man
PANTERA
"Primal Concrete Sledge"
The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does.
ANONYMOUS
You know you're ready to retire when you think "getting lucky" means finding your car in the parking lot.
ANONYMOUS
Before you think of retiring from the world, be sure you are fit for retirement; in order to do which, it is necessary that you have a mind so composed by prudence, reason, and religion, that it may bear being looked into.
J. BURGH
attributed, Day's Collacon
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
Happy, Content, Relaxed, Rested, Smiling, Carefree. RETIRED.
ANONYMOUS
Maybe the worst part of retirement is finding things to complain about. When you work, there is plenty. And working means there isn't time to do much around the house so there is that to complain about. But now I have only myself to blame when something goes wrong. I am my own boss and a pretty awful one at that.
WALLY SPIERS
"Retirement is easy. It's keeping everything straight that's difficult.", Belleville News-Democrat, November 4, 2017
Saddest of all is when we see retirees putting their bucket list dreams on hold for a later time. This is not the best time of life to put your dreams on hold.
KEN SUTHERLAND & ALEX SUTHERLAND
"Making the 'Great Transition' into retirement is a scary time for seniors", New York Daily News, January 27, 2016
My retirement had now become solitude; the former is, I believe, the best state for the mind of man, the latter almost the worst.
HANNAH MORE
attributed, Day's Collacon
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
WARNING: Retired person on the premises. Knows everything and has plenty of time to tell it!
ANONYMOUS
Retirement wasn't a reward at the end of a well-run career ... it was a void surrounded by endless dull hours, haunted by memories of work.
NORA ROBERTS
Blue Smoke
The money's no better in retirement, but the hours are!
ANONYMOUS
Is retirement dead? It's a scary question, especially if you're currently working hard with hopes of kicking back, relaxing and enjoying spending your time anywhere but an office one day. But we think the answer is yes, traditional retirement is going away even if it hasn't died out completely quite yet.
ERIC JANSEN
"Traditional retirement is dead", CNBC, November 1, 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