#Retirement
Quotes about retirement
Retirement marks a significant milestone in the journey of life, symbolizing the transition from decades of work to a new chapter filled with opportunities for rest, exploration, and personal growth. It represents a time when individuals can finally pursue passions and hobbies that may have been set aside during their working years. This stage of life is often associated with freedom, reflection, and the chance to redefine one's purpose beyond the confines of a career. People are naturally drawn to quotes about retirement because they encapsulate the wisdom, humor, and insights that come with this profound life change. These quotes offer inspiration and reassurance, helping individuals navigate the emotional and practical aspects of leaving the workforce. They serve as gentle reminders that retirement is not an end, but rather a beginning—a chance to embrace new adventures, nurture relationships, and savor the simple joys of everyday life. Whether one is approaching retirement or already enjoying its rewards, these quotes resonate deeply, offering comfort and motivation as they embark on this exciting new phase.
No one should expect the value of their house to appreciate quickly - counting on your home to be a significant part of your retirement saving isn't a winning strategy - but it is reasonable to expect that prices generally will rise with at least the rate of inflation for some time to come.
but one loses, as one grows older, something of the lightness of one's dreams; one begins to take life up in both hands, and to care more for the fruit than the flower, and that is no great loss perhaps.
I truly think this is one of those places that, for the rest of my life, I'll say 'I played Carnegie Hall.' You know ... that's it.
Even from my sickbed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel that something is going wrong, I will get up. Those who believe that after I have left the government as prime minister, I will go into a permanent retirement really should have their heads examined.
I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience.
We'll rock till we drop. We have all agreed this won't be the last time. Everyone's rocking.
There is this idea that appealing to youth is the only way forward. But that is no longer the case. Youth is not everything. Now we have all the baby-boomers in their 60s, like me, who are actively engaged in life - we're not retiring, we're not just being put out to grass once we hit 60.
Sixty felt like a big landmark. Not in a dreadful sense, but none of the other birthdays have bothered me. It's got labels on it - OAP, retirement - and I just wanted to take stock. I wanted to be in my greenhouse at home and at least give myself the opportunity of not working again.
At my age, and in my circumstances, what sinister object, or personal emolument had I to seek after, in this life? The growing infirmities of age and the increasing love of retirement, daily confirm my decided predilection for domestic life: and the great Searcher of human hearts is my witness, that I have no wish, which aspires beyond the humble and happy lot of living and dying a private citizen on my own farm.