Retirement Quotes

“Retirement from Job does not mean retirement from life! It is the beginning not an end!”

“Retirement: statutory senility.”

“A man approaching retirement called the retirement office to inquire about his pension. Afterward, he was asked if his wife worked. “She’s worked all her life making me happy”, he replied. “Yes sir, but has she earned money to receive her pension?” “When we got married we agreed on an arrangement”, he said. “I would earn the living, and she would make the living worthwhile”.“Make the living worthwhile”…have we forgotten the very essence of that? Have we forgotten to live for someone else, that doing so IS what makes a living worthwhile?”

“Two weeks is about the ideal length of time to retire.”

“The role of a retired person is no longer to possess one.”

“I see retirement as just another of these reinventions, another chance to do new things and be a new version of myself.”

“When men reach their sixties and retire they go to pieces. Women just go right on cooking.”

“Retirement is the menopause of an employee’s mind and hands.”

“The question isn't at what age I want to retire it's at what income.”