RETIREMENT QUOTES IV

quotations about retirement

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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

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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

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

BENJAMIN COLLINS BRODIE

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The sign says, "families welcome"
At the Oaks Retirement Home
But mostly, no one comes 'cept on the weekends
Ruby Wilson lives in 303
Where she spends most her time
But it's almost noon on Sunday
And she's been sitting in the lobby since nine
She's all dressed up in her best hat and gloves
She's all dressed up
Watching and waiting, but nobody comes
Some days sure are lonely days
And time can move so slow
When you're all dressed up
With nowhere to go

REBA MCENTIRE

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The man who looks forward to retirement when he can go fishing seven times a week, soon finds himself doing the dishes three times a day.

EVAN ESAR

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Sadly, retirement planning, in many circumstances, has become nothing more than planned procrastination.

RICHIE NORTON

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I don't have a retirement plan
Just a hundred acre piece of black dirt land
And a red tractor sittin' in the shed

KRISTY LEE COOK

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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

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When the evening of life is spent in retirement, consecrated and improved, a mild lustre usually gilds its close, and the memory of departed excellence is cherished by survivors with sentiments of profound veneration and high esteem.

D. FORBES

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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

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We think retirement could start to evolve. We expect to continue to see a shift away from the old-school, traditional idea of retirement in which people's days are filled with a lot of golf but not much else. Today's retirees and people who will retire in the next 10 and 20 years (and even farther into the future) are active and want to continue being productive in some way. That doesn't mean they keep working their same, full-time job until the end of time. But because they worked hard to build retirement savings and wealth over their working years, they're now free to explore other activities, jobs and positions without worrying about the number on the paycheck from their work.

ERIC JANSEN

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One final rule about retirement is that you need an actual plan, regardless of age, for how you'll spend your days. If your goal is to start a business, make sure it's a feasible idea, and start laying the groundwork before retirement so you're able to dive right in and stay occupied once you leave your primary job. If you're expecting to work part-time to not just cover your bills in retirement, but give yourself someplace to go during the day, do some research and make sure local businesses are hiring. Finally, if your goal is to enjoy your leisure time and not work at all, come up with a concrete list of things you actually want to do. Maybe you're hoping to travel, or take a class at your local community college. You're more likely to wind up content in retirement if you go in having already figured out what you'll be doing with all of that time.

MAURIE BACKMAN

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It is well to retire from this world, to reflect on another.

CHARLES V OF GERMANY

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Accept the fact that you are retired. Don't spend all your time wishing the past would return; it won't. Accept instead that your life has entered a new stage, and ahead of you are new adventures.

BILLY GRAHAM

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There are some evils to which a life of retirement is exposed, the principal of which are idleness, humor, conceit, incivility, churlishness, and misanthropy.

E. G. BATES

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The idea of retirement is alien to me. When it gives you great joy to do something--in my case, make music--why on earth would you stop?

BENNY ANDERSSON

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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

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Life begins at retirement.

ANONYMOUS

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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

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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

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