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The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off. ~Abe Lemons
When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his
colleagues generally present him with a watch. ~R.C. Sherriff
When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income.
~Chi Chi Rodriguez
Retirement: It's nice to get out of the rat race, but you have to learn to get along
with less cheese. ~Gene Perret
Retirement itself is the best gift. No gold watch could ever top it. ~Abigail
Charleson
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
Middle age is when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work. ~Author
Unknown
There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working.
~Robert Half
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's
day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the
sky, is by no means a waste of time. ~J. Lubbock
When you retire, think and act as if you were still working; when you're still
working, think and act a bit as if you were already retired. ~Author Unknown
The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income. ~George
Foreman
I'm not just retiring from the company, I'm also retiring from my stress, my
commute, my alarm clock, and my iron. ~Hartman Jule
Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they
are out having fun. ~Jim Bishop
Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty. ~Harry Vardon
The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does.
~Author Unknown
Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to. ~Harry
Emerson Fosdick
I'm now as free as the breeze - with roughly the same income. ~Gene Perret
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we
have rushed through life trying to save. ~Will Rogers, Autobiography, 1949
When you retire, you switch bosses - from the one who hired you to the one who
married you. ~Gene Perret
When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on
cooking. ~Gail Sheehy
There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. ~Bill Watterson,
Calvin and Hobbes
Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience.
He must use it. ~Bernard Baruch
A gold watch is the most appropriate gift for retirement, as its recipients have
given up so many of their golden hours in a lifetime of service. ~Harry Mahtar
Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to
all the things you can't hear, and not bothering. ~Pooh's Little Instruction Book,
inspired by A.A. Milne
Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it's
essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in
the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow.
~Douglas Pagels, These Are the Gifts I'd Like to Give to You
There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know
many of them. ~Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
In retirement, every day is Boss Day and every day is Employee Appreciation
Day. ~Anonymous
Retirement is like a long vacation in Las Vegas. The goal is to enjoy it the fullest,
but not so fully that you run out of money. ~Jonathan Clements
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. ~Author
Unknown
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
In my retirement I go for a short swim at least once or twice every day. It's either
that or buy a new golf ball. ~Gene Perret
Sometimes it's hard to tell if retirement is a reward for a lifetime of hard work or
a punishment. ~Anonymous
The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him
laughing. ~Phyllis Diller
If you are going to throw a club, it is important to throw it ahead of you, down the
fairway, so you don't have to waste energy going back to pick it up. ~Tommy Bolt
Retirement kills more people than hard work ever did. ~Malcolm Forbes
Retirement: That's when you return from work one day and say, "Hi, Honey, I'm
home - forever." ~Gene Perret
Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And
meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.
Author: Richard Bach
Source: None
Enjoy every retirement day as if it was ur last and one day u will be right about it.
If I'd known that retirement was going to be this good I'd have done it the day after
I left school..
Retirement, a time to enjoy all the things you never had time to do when you
worked.
Don't act your age , Act like the inner young person you have always been.
Stay buzy [when you retire]. If you are going to sit on the couch and watch TV, you
are going to die.
When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income
I'm now as free as the breeze � with roughly the same income.
I'm now as free as the breeze � with roughly the same income
To live to 100, have something to live for. Living for something is part of living long
Retirement itself is the best gift. No gold watch could ever top it.
Retired is being twice tired, I have thought 1st tired of working,Then tired of not.
Retirement is like a long vacation in Las Vegas.The goal is 2 enjoy it the fullest, bt
not so fully that you run out of money.
I feel like early retirement is an incredible gift. It's a gift that every one should give
themselves.
I work harder now that I have retired from corporate life, than when I actually
worked, but I love it.
Retirement is the time when you never do all the things you intended to do when you
were still working.
Wen a man retires & time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues
generally present him with a watch.
Retirement: It'z nice to get out of thea rat race, bt you have to learn to get along
with less cheese.
retirement quotes
“The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.”
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“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.”
“I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your
annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.”
mcleodbr
Voltaire quotes (French Philosopher and Writer. One of the greatest of all French
authors, 1694-1778)
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“When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the
income.”
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Chi Chi Rodriguez quotes (Puerto Rican Golfer, b.1935)
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“I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.”
“Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.”
Louis Armstrong quotes (American leading trumpeter, one of the greatest artists in jazz
history, 1901-1971)
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“There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working.”
“Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for
retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it”
“When you retire, think and act as if you were still working; when
you're still working, think and act a bit as if you were already retired”
“When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right
on cooking.”
“Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of
not”
“The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.”
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“Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire.”
Margaret Mead quotes (American anthropologist whose great fame owed as much to
the force of her personality and her outspokenness as it did to the quality of her scientific
work, 1901-1978)
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“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.”
Ernest Hemingway quotes (American novelist and short-story writer, Won the Nobel
Prize for Literature in 1954, 1899-1961)
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People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or later they find
themselves debtor or creditor to some one.”
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes (German Playwright, Poet, Novelist and
Dramatist. 1749-1832)
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“Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does”
Pablo Casals quotes (Spanish Cellist and Conductor, known for his virtuosic technique,
skilled interpretation and consummate musicianship. 1876-1973)
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John Milton quotes (English Poet, Historian and Scholar. Ranks second, only to
Shakespeare, among English poets. 1608-1674)
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“Retire? I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the only one left”
Pablo Casals quotes (Spanish Cellist and Conductor, known for his virtuosic technique,
skilled interpretation and consummate musicianship. 1876-1973)
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“The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to
work.”
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G. K. Chesterton quotes (English born Gabonese Critic, Essayist, Novelist and Poet,
1874-1936)
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“Never retire. Michelangelo was carving the Rondanini just before he died
at eighty-nine. Verdi finished his opera Falstaff at eighty.”
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are
kind. ~Malayan Proverb
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
~David Thomas
I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks. ~William Shakespeare
The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped
you. ~John E. Southard
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude
is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G.K. Chesterton
I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no
bottom. ~Author Unknown
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention. ~Oscar
Wilde
Gratitude is the memory of the heart. ~Jean Baptiste Massieu, translated from
French
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. ~Author Unknown
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~Mark
Twain
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious
of our treasures. ~Thornton Wilder
Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel. ~Author Unknown
Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special
need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no
claim. ~William Feather