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Retirement Sayings

Are you looking for retirement sayings? Whether you are hosting a retirement party or just need a little inspiration to save for the best third of your life, here are a few sayings for retirement that are sure to touch your heart strings or your funny bone.

The Joys:

There are several sayings that deal with the joys of forever leaving the rat race. Quitting your job means the end to both long days of hard work and biweekly paychecks. However, if you have invested and are financially prepared for this time, it can be a joy indeed. Here are a few retirement sayings celebrating this.

Retirement: World's longest coffee break. -Author Unknown

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

There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. -Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

"Retire from work, but not from life." -M.K. Soni

The Pitfalls:

Not every day in retirement is full of picnics and naps on hammocks in the afternoon sun. Retirement brings with it a unique set of anxiety and boredom. Sometimes not working is hard work, as you can see from these retirement sayings.

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

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

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

"When you retire, you switch bosses - from the one who hired you to the one who married you." -Gene Perret

There's one thing I've always wanted to do before I quit: RETIRE. - Groucho Marx

A retired husband is often a wife’s full-time job.- Ella Harris

Financial Issues:

Unfortunately, it’s easy to fall a little short in your retirement planning, especially if you haven’t been zealous about investments. These retirement sayings express the worry of leaving your field of work without the money you had hoped to have.

Retirement is when the living is easy and the payments are hard.- Unknown Author

The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income. -George Foreman

Retirement takes all the meaning out of weekends. - Anonymous

It's nice to get out of the rat race, but you have to learn to get along with less cheese. -Gene Perret

The challenge of retirement is how to spend time without spending money. -Author Unknown

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

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

I’m now as free as the breeze - with roughly the same income.- Gene Perret

Retirement sayings are in excellent insight into the world of the no-longer-working among us. As you can see, there are plenty of joys, but a few sources of sorrow and financial worry. Planning adequately for your future can make your retirement more happiness than anxiety and allow you to enjoy this special time in a person’s life.


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