quotations about retirement
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
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 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"
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
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 having nothing to do and someone always keeping you from it.
ROBERT BRAULT
attributed, The Big Book of Senior Moments
Retirement is the period in life when you stop quoting the proverb that time is money.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
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
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
I've been attending lots of seminars in my retirement. They're called naps.
MERRI BROWNWORTH
attributed, Say It With Style
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
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 without study is death, and the grave of a living man.
SENECA
attributed, Day's Collacon
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"
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
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
Retirement: World's longest coffee break.
ANONYMOUS
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"
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