Retirement Quotes

The pain of retirement means loss.

It seems as if everybody in the country was getting impatient to get his or her particular soldier out of the Army and to upset the carefully arranged system of points for retirement which we had arranged with the approval of the Army itself.

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

Personal savings accounts to me are one of the most powerful things, not necessarily in saving, solvency, or bankruptcy of the program, but in guaranteeing, the words I used a few minutes ago, a safe and secure retirement for our seniors.

It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.

Since Social Security faces a large gap between what it promises younger workers and what it can afford to pay them, private savings will likely need to play a larger role in retirement planning for younger workers.

My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.

No, I don't belong to a retirement community.

We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achieve what many in recent years have felt was unreachable - greater retirement security for ourselves and our children.

First, women are more likely to live in poverty during their retirement years than are men.

I can enjoy a vacation as well as the next person, as long as I know it's a vacation and not a premature retirement.

Whether you are just entering the workforce or nearing retirement age, planning for the future is critical.

When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able to count on Social Security. Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.

Contemplation of life after retirement and life after death can help you deal with contemporary challenges.

To the hard-working people who set a little bit aside each month, to provide for their children, or to fund their own retirement, I say: you should be rewarded not punished.

I love the Roth IRA. Tax-free income in retirement is a truly great deal.

Indeed, in general, healthy investment returns cannot be sustained in a weak economy, and of course it is difficult to save for retirement or other goals without the income from a job.

I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one. Where no senior fears for the security of their retirement. An America where every parent knows that their child will get an education that leads them to a good job and a bright horizon.

As Americans, we can choose where we work and live, what we drive, which insurance plan is best for us, so why can we not give workers a choice when it comes to their retirement?

A lot of the money in the stock market is really our national retirement plan, for better or worse.

To enjoy a long, comfortable retirement, save more today.

I wanted to start a proper academy and recruit juniors from all over Pakistan following my retirement after the World Open in 1993 but there was no support.

The current institutionally provided retirement plans will not cover people's needs upon retirement.

The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age.

The 1993 Social Security tax penalizes seniors who have planned for their retirement through savings, investment and hard work. That's wrong, and that's why the double tax on Social Security must end.

Financial literacy is an issue that should command our attention because many Americans are not adequately organizing finances for their education, healthcare and retirement.

Of course, I'm sour that if (retirement) happens, I didn't get to quit on my own terms.

I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market investments. But they should never be the basis of one's retirement. They should be an additional piece on top of a basic, secure, guaranteed retirement benefit.

Americans are not saving enough for retirement.