RETIREMENT QUOTES III

quotations about retirement

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


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

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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


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"


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

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Retirement is the period in life when you stop quoting the proverb that time is money.

EVAN ESAR

20,000 Quips & Quotes


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


Retirement is having nothing to do and someone always keeping you from it.

ROBERT BRAULT

attributed, The Big Book of Senior Moments


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

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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


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

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Retirement: World's longest coffee break.

ANONYMOUS


Retirement without study is death, and the grave of a living man.

SENECA

attributed, Day's Collacon

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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"


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 challenge of retirement is how to spend time without spending money.

ANONYMOUS


Without literature, friendship, and religion, retirement is a blank.

BENJAMIN COLLINS BRODIE

attributed, Day's Collacon


It appears history is going to keep happening, despite our hopes for retirement.

GREGORY MAGUIRE

Out of Oz


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


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