Retirement Verses And Sayings

by allinspiration.com

“When I consider how my light is spent
Ere half my days in this dark world and wide,
And that one talent which is death to hide
Lodg’d with me useless, though my soul more bent
To serve therewith my Maker, and present
My true account, lest he returning chide,
“Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?”
I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent
That murmur, soon replies: “God doth not need
Either man’s work or his own gifts: who best
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state
Is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed
And post o’er land and ocean without rest:
They also serve who only stand and wait.”"
– John Milton

“You’ve had a long working life
As everyone knows
You can now do nothing at all
And then have a doze
Enjoy Your Retirement”
– Jon Bratton

“As a World-trekker, go-getter
Retirement won’t have you stopping
You’ll be seen where the bananas and mangos come from
At the supermarket….doing the shopping”
– Jon Bratton

“It’s Good…But

No more rush hour driving
To start and end your day
No more early alarm calls

But..much less pay

No more back stabbing
Or rising to the bait
No more phone calls from the boss
Asking you to work late

But…having to get by
On half your hourly rate

Now you have all day
To sit or doze to stay to go
Anywhere you like…

..cheaply
You’ve got less dough

Travel around the world
Do anything you’ve desired

But do it economically
Now that you’re retired”
– Jon Bratton

“Free… Yes…FREE time
Is what retirement brings
Leisure, lounging and loafing
And other lazy things”
– Jon Bratton

“Congratulations on your well deserved retirement,
Wishing you every happiness in the years ahead.
No lying about your age, more lying around the house
After lying much longer in bed”
– Jon Bratton

“Take life with a pinch of salt
A shot of tequila and a wedge of lime
Do nothing at all
But take your time”
– Jon Bratton

“As a chapter closes in your life,
And a new one starts for you,
May your years be filled with all the things
You’ve been looking forward to!”
– Jon Bratton

“At last some time for pleasure trips
And do what you want to do
The time to just take your time
It’s toodle-oo to time that flew

Those plan A’s and B’s
Coming down of that dusty shelf;
it’s your time now just for you
To do things for your self.”
– Jon Bratton and Maggie-May

“Glad that I live am I;
That the sky is blue;
Glad for the country lanes,
And the fall of dew.”
– Lizette W. Reese

“Stay in bed late every day
You can do so if you want;
But now you’re driven by not wasting
Time and going to old haunts.

Golf or sewing and gardening too
The cooking programmes on the telly;
Craft making takes your time
Or tasty recipes in your belly.”
– Maggie-May

“This place just won’t be the same
Not without your face and smile;
Your laughter ringing around the office
Always going that extra mile.

Our volunteers and staff alike
Have all come in today;
Because that is exactly
Just what they wanted to say.”
– Maggie-May

“The management team have lost the plot
Already with new plans;
The demise of this project a certainty
Whilst not held in your fair hands.”
– Maggie-May

“Long days and lie ins
These are your plans for now;
But you will soon start wondering
How you found time to work anyhow.

Time whizzes by pottering around
Doing all the things that you’ve waited for;
Hobbies abound and friends keep in touch
Life now won’t be a chore.

Enjoy the peace and the revelry
Listening to music and radio;
Travelling the world to see
Or setting up a studio.

Now’s the time, the time that’s yours
You know the stuff you’ve never had;
To do whatever comes into your head
Older age really isn’t that bad!”
– Maggie-May

“Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.”
– Malcolm Muggeridge

“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

“In retirement, I look for days off from my days off.”
– Mason Cooley

“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

“Don’t you stay at home of evenings?
Don’t you love a cushioned seat
In a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

“There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job.”
– Peter F. Drucker

“When a man reaches retirement and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch.”
– R.C. Sherriff

“I can read and write and paint.
Can even aspire to be a saint.
Left alone,
I could travel, teach and tutor.
Share guide and mentor Someone.
You my friends can remain blind
And kind
Or see in me a New find
Making again a difference.”
– Ramasami Natarajan

“Retired is being twice tired, I’ve thought
First tired of working,
Then tired of not.”
– Richard Armour

“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

“But what, it may be asked, are the requisites for a life of retirement? A man may be weary of the toils and torments of business, and yet quite unfit for the tranquil retreat. Without literature, friendship, and religion, retirement is in most cases found to be a dead, flat level, a barren waste, and a blank. Neither the body nor the soul can enjoy health and life in a vacuum.”
– Richter

“There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working.”
– Robert Half

“When I can look Life in the eyes,
Grown calm and very coldly wise,
Life will have given me the Truth,
And taken in exchange – my youth.”
– Sara Teasdale

“Have you ever been out for a late autumn walk in the closing part of the afternoon, and suddenly looked up to realize that the leaves have practically all gone? And the sun has set and the day gone before you knew it — and with that a cold wind blows across the landscape? That’s retirement.”
– Stephen Leacock

“By the age of 65, most of us have accomplished whatever work-related goals we are going to reach. If you haven’t done it by then, chances are you aren’t going to do it. Take the retirement, take the pension, take the Social Security, and sail off into the sunset.”
– Sue Lasky

“As time passes on
I turn the next page
To discover a new me
while I continue to age.

I may no longer be
Who I was long ago
But I still can matter —
That much I know.

With a new set of tools
I have gathered from time —
I keep looking forward
To more mountains to climb.

My best is not over
As the skeptics might say —
I just learn how to conquer
In a much wiser way.

So don’t sell me short —
I am not nearly done —
I CAN STILL MATTER —
I’ve only just begun.”
– Tom Krause

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