Retirement Sayings

For some it means the bliss of doing nothing... To others it is having the freedom to do the things they love and have been putting off... To still others, retirement is a blank slate, akin to death... Whichever group you belong to, here are some great retirement sayings that you can savor, or use in a speech for a colleague or friend's retirement party.

Retirement, when every day is Saturday! - Unknown Author

Retirement: When you stop lying about your age and start lying around the house. - Unknown Author

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. - George Bernard Shaw

Retirement to me does not mean nothing to do but the realization of the decisions I made in the past. That I made in my life. - Jack Bowman

There's one thing I always wanted to do before I quit . . . . retire! - Groucho Marx

I feel like early retirement is an incredible gift. It's a gift that everyone should give themselves. - Unknown Author

Lord Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we don't choose to have it known. - Lord Chesterfield

The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off. - Abe Lemons

I'm retired - goodbye tension, hello pension! - Author Unknown

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to. - Harry Emerson Fosdick

Heaven, that’s my retirement plan. - Unknown Author

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned. - Richard Milhouse Nixon

Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five, I still had pimples. - George Burns

Retirement is wonderful. It's doing nothing without worrying about getting caught at it. - Gene Perret

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people. - Muhammad Ali (on one of his retirement phases)

Retirement is wonderful if you have two essentials — much to live on and much to live for. - Unknown Author

We have no porch, no rocking chair — and no time. My biggest need is a calendar because there are so many things to do. Now I encourage people to retire — the younger the better. - Maurice Musholt

Retirement kills more people than hard work ever did. - Malcolm Forbes

Age (and retirement) appear to be best in four things — old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. - Francis Bacon

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent. - Anthony Trollope

No longer having to punch a time clock is my definition of retirement. That way I could do what I want — when I want — anytime I want. - Brooky Brown

There are so many other interesting ways to spend your time. I feel like early retirement is a gift, but it's such an incredible gift. It's a gift I need to use. - Martha Felt-Bardon

The money’s no better in retirement but the hours are! - Unknown Author

I’m now as free as the breeze — with roughly the same income. - Unknown Author