“Retirement is wonderful if you have two essentials — much to live on and much to live for.”
“There's one thing I always wanted to do before I quit . . . . retire!” - Groucho Marx
“Don't act your age in retirement. Act like the inner young person you have always been.” - J. A. West
“Time spent in laughter when one is retired is well invested.”
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” - Anne Bradstreet
"I'm retired - goodbye tension!"
“You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream.” - C.S. Lewis
"The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off." - Abe Lemons
"There is a whole new kind of life ahead, full of experiences just waiting to happen. Some call it ‘retirement.’ I call it ‘bliss.’" - Betty Sullivan
“What do you call a person who is happy on a Monday? Retired.”
“Retirement is not the end of the road. It is the beginning of the open highway.”
“Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” - Fred Rogers
“Retirement: That's when you return from work one day and say, "Hi, Honey, I'm home — forever." - Gene Perret
“Retirement is wonderful. It's doing nothing without worrying about getting caught at it.” - Gene Perret
“You can't put off being young until you retire.” - Philip Larkin
“Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.” - Bernard Baruch
“Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.” - Harry Emerson Fosdick
“Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire.” - Margaret Mead
"Planning to retire? Before you do, find your hidden passion. Do the thing that you have always wanted to do." - Catherine Pulsifer
“The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does.”
"Retire from work, but not from life." -M.K. Soni
“Choose a work that you love and you won’t have to work another day.” - Confucius
“Preparation for old age should begin not later than one’s teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.” -Arthur E. Morgan
“As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning.” - Earl Nightingale
“The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.” -George Foreman
Retirement is not a life without purpose; it is the ongoing purpose that provides meaningfulness. -Robert Rivers
Retirement is .... a time to experience a fulfilling life derived from many enjoyable and rewarding activities. -Ernie J. Zelinski
Retirement is a new beginning, and that means closing the book on one chapter in order to begin the next. -Sid Miramontes
Retirement gives you the time literally to recreate yourself through a sport, game, or hobby that you always wanted to try or that you haven't done in years. -Steven D. Price
Planning to retire? Before you do, find your hidden passion. Do the thing that you have always wanted to do. -Catherine Pulsifer
As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning. -Earl Nightingale
For retirement brings repose, and repose allows a kindly judgment of all things. -John Sharp Williams
Retirement is wonderful if you have two essential- much to live on and much to live for.
You might retire from a job, but never retire from making contributions. Indeed, life is about contribution, not accumulation. -Hyrum W. Smith
It’s time to celebrate all the hard work that led to this joyful occasion. -Sheryl Sandberg
The joy of retirement comes in those everyday pursuits that embrace the joy of life. -Byron Pulsifer
To some of us, retirement gives us time to follow our dreams. -Shirley Mitchell