Inspirational Quotes
Retirement Quotes And Retirement Wishes for Cheerful Life
A person can retire from a job but as long as he lives, he can never retire from life. Retirement from a job can be fulfilling and happy or a sad and draining moment for a person. So to either celebrate with them or to be with them in their emotionally challenging moment, we have brought these cheerful and hopeful Retirement Quotes, Sayings, Wishes, Blessings, and Messages. So send these to your loved ones who recently retired and wish them luck for their upcoming life.
A person gives his precious years and invaluable hard work to a job or a position in an organization. This work becomes his identity. For example, an engineer will be an engineer for life and a doctor will be a doctor for life, as long as they live.
An emotional connection is developed between the person and his job. No matter how much he struggled or endured the job and his colleagues sometimes when retirement comes, it is sad to say goodbye to the place and people. And as a family member or a close friend, it becomes our priority that we make the person feel motivated for the upcoming life.
So here we have brought these motivating and cheering Retirement Quotes, Wishes, Blessings, Messages and Sayings for your people, send them to the one who is retiring:
Inspirational Retirement Quotes
- “There’s one thing I always wanted to do before I quit . . . . retire!” – Groucho Marx

- “Sooner or later I’m going to die, but I’m not going to retire.” – Margaret Mead
- “Time spent in laughter when one is retired is well invested.” – Unknown
- “Planning to retire? Before you do, find your hidden passion. Do the thing that you have always wanted to do.” – Catherine Pulsifer
- “Retirement is wonderful if you have two essentials — much to live on and much to live for.” – Unknown
- “Don’t act your age in retirement. Act like the inner young person you have always been.” – J. A. West
- “The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.” – Abe Lemons
- “Retirement is …. a time to experience a fulfilling life derived from many enjoyable and rewarding activities.” -Ernie J. Zelinski, The Joy of Not Working
- “You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
- “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” – Anne Bradstreet
- Retirement is not a life without purpose; it is the on-going purpose that provides meaningfullless. -Robert Rivers
- I am not retired…I’m way too busy for that…I’m still volunteering my time to wonderful programs and projects. I’m still trying to make a difference in this world. -Hyrum W. Smith, Purposeful Retirement
- “There really are two lives we live. The first life and then the second life when we realize we only have one life.”

- “I’m retired – goodbye tension!” – Unknown
- “As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning.” – Earl Nightingale
- “The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.” – George Foreman
- “On the positive side, retirement can be an opportunity to enjoy life in a new way, the right to stop work and do the 1,001 things you’ve always wanted to do but never had time for, and a chance to give yourself over to new challenges and adventures.” -Sara Yogev
- “What do you call a person who is happy on a Monday? Retired.” – Unknown
- “Retirement is not the end of the road. It is the beginning of the open highway.” – Unknown
- “There is a whole new kind of life ahead, full of experiences just waiting to happen. Some call it ‘retirement.’ I call it ‘bliss.’” – Betty Sullivan
- “Retirement is a time to enjoy the things you never could before.”
- “The idea of retirement both excites and terrifies people. After decades of working full-time, visions of throwing out the alarm clock for good are certainly provocative.” -Belinda Tucker
- “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.” – Bernard Baruch
- “Retirement is wonderful. It’s doing nothing without worrying about getting caught at it.” – Gene Perret
- “Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” – Fred Rogers
- “Retirement: That’s when you return from work one day and say, “Hi, Honey, I’m home forever.” – Gene Perret
- “Don’t simply retire from something; have something to retire to.” – Harry Emerson Fosdick
- “For many, retirement is a time for personal growth, which becomes the path to greater personal freedom.” -Robert Delamontagne
- “Retire from work, but not from life.” – M.K. Soni
- “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.” – Arthur E. Morgan
- “You have to put off being young until you can retire.”
- “Choose a work that you love and you won’t have to work another day.” – Confucius
- “Retire from your job, but never retire your mind.”
- “Retirement is like coming home one day and telling your wife, honey, I’m home… for good!”
- “The best part about retirement is spending time with the grandkids.”
- “Retirement is the only time in your life when time no longer equals money.”
Happy Retirement Wishes
- “Best of luck with your new retirement!”
- “Enjoy being the boss of your retirement!”
- “It’s been great working with you. Here’s to a well– deserved and happy retirement.”
- “Congratulations on being able to never have to call in sick again.”
- “Welcome to your newfound freedom in retirement!”
- “All the best wishes on your early retirement!”
- “We wish you the best time off possible.”
- “You will be deeply missed. Thank you for everything you did.”
- “Just think, you’ll never have to sit in on another conference call. Enjoy your retirement!”
- “Congratulations on your retirement! While the money isn’t better in retirement, the hours sure are.”
- “You are a true friend and an incredibly hard worker. Thank you for your years at this company.”
- “It’s sad to say goodbye, but great to see you are on your way to greener pastures.”
- “You will always be remembered for your hard work throughout the years. Thank you for your dedication to the team. Enjoy your retirement!”
- “You’ve worked your entire career for this very moment… enjoy retirement!”
- “We hope your retirement is filled with love, laughter, and joy.”
Retirement Wishes
- “Hope you enjoy your retirement!”
- “Enjoy working at living, rather than living at work.”
- “The best part about being retired is never having to request time off. Congratulations!”
- ” It’s time to work on your golf game, enjoy retirement!”
- “Say goodbye to tension and hello to your pension.”
- “Wishing you the best retirement ever! Enjoy the new chapter of your life and enjoy being your own boss.”
- “We wish you the best retirement possible.”
- “Enjoy being the master of absolutely nothing.”
- “Congrats on being so tired that you had to retire.”
- “Wishing you a happy retirement!”
- “Enjoy your new weekends which will last 7 days!”
- “I’m pretty jealous of you, but needless to say, I’m happy for your retirement”
- “We envy you, but are excited for you!”
- “Retirement, a time to do what you want to do, when you want to do it, where you want to do it, and, how you want to do it.” -Catherine Pulsifer
- “We work all our lives so we can retire – so we can do what we want with our time – and the way we define or spend our time defines who we are and what we value.” -Bruce Linton, Fatherhood
- “Retirement gives you the time literally to recreate yourself through a sport, game, or hobby that you always wanted to try or that you haven’t done in years.”
- “Go make the most of your days and enjoy your retirement”
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Inspirational Work Quotes which will inspire you and make you successful
Big cheers to the people who give their youth and energy to companies and organizations and help them grow. Nations are built on the hard work of these employees and workers. Whatever was your job, you were great at it. And now is the time to relax a bit. So sit back and enjoy life.
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