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Retirement is a special milestone in the life of any coworker — a time to celebrate years of dedication, hard work, and the unique contributions they’ve made to the team. Finding the right words, or coworker retirement quotes, to honor their journey can be challenging. Whether you want to express heartfelt gratitude, share a laugh, or inspire new beginnings, the perfect quote can capture all those feelings in just a few memorable lines.
Coworkers come with all kinds of personalities. Office jokester, wise mentor, change catalyst, problem-solver or many other types. A great retirement message not only acknowledges their achievements but also celebrates the friendships and memories built over the years.
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COWORKER RETIREMENT QUOTES
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." - Thomas Jefferson
“The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.” - Abe Lemons
"Retirement: It's nice to get out of the rat race, but you have to learn to get along with less cheese." - Gene Perret
"Retirement: World's longest coffee break." - Unknown
"Retirement is the only time in your life when time no longer equals money." - Unknown
“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” - Theodore Roosevelt
"For many, retirement is a time for personal growth, which becomes the path to greater freedom." - Robert Delamontague
“Retirement is when you stop living at work and start working at living.” - Unknown
“Why not just embrace it, go along with it and welcome it?” - Helen Mirren
"Say goodbye to tension and hello to your pension." - Unknown
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” - Jim Rohn
“Retirement is the reward for years of career dedication.” - Unknown
“Life begins at retirement.” - Unknown
“Retirement doesn't mean a life without purpose. It means life with new purpose.” - Unknown
"How do you know it's time to retire? It's when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it." - Unknown
“Retirement: No job, no stress, no pay!” - Unknown
“Retirement is the golden sunset that ends a chapter and begins another.” - Unknown
“Retirement is not the end of the road. It is the beginning of the open highway.” - Unknown
“Retirement: That’s when you return from work one day and say, ‘Hi honey, I’m home — forever.’” - Gene Perret
“Retire from work, but not from life.” - M.K. Soni
“There's one thing I always wanted to do before I quit... retire!” - Groucho Marx
“Retire from worry, keep busy with joy.” - Unknown
“Retirement is wonderful if you have two essentials — much to live on and much to live for.” - Unknown
“Choose a work that you love and you won’t have to work another day.” - Confucius
“Retire gracefully, live joyfully.” - Unknown
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“Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.” - George Burns
"Count your age by friends, not years." - John Lennon
“Retirement is like a long vacation in Las Vegas. The goal is to enjoy it to the fullest, but not so fully that you run out of money.” - Jonathan Clements
"Stay young at heart, kind in spirit, and enjoy retirement living." - Danielle Duckery
"Retirement isn't the end of the road, but just a turn in the road." - Unknown
“You don't stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.” - George Bernard Shaw
“May your retirement be filled with joyful memories and new adventures.” - Unknown
“When some fellers decide to retire nobody knows the difference.” - Kin Hubbard
“When a man retires, his wife gets twice as much husband for half as much money.” - Chi Chi Rodriguez
“Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire.” - Margaret Mead
"Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time." - Margaret Bonnano
“Don't cry because it's over - smile because it happened.” - Dr. Seuss
"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
“I'm retired — goodbye tension!” - Unknown
“It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad, and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.” - Ernie Harwell
“A person can stand almost anything except a succession of ordinary days.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“You have worked your whole life to get here—now is the time to enjoy the fruits of your labors.” - Unknown
“Retirement is the time to do all the things you postponed because you had to work.” - Unknown
"The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker." - Helen Keller
"There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working." - Robert Half
“Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.” - Malcolm Muggeridge
“Don’t simply retire from something; have something to retire to.” - Harry Emerson Fosdick
"He who laughs last at the boss's jokes probably isn't far from retirement." - Unknown
“Retirement is not a life without purpose; it’s the opportunity to pursue it full-time.” - Unknown
"Retirement, a time to enjoy all the things you never had time to do when you worked." - Catherine Pulsifer
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“Retirement is not quitting working; it is finding your own work.” - Unknown
“Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren’t going to get rid of me that way.” - Betty White
“As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning.” - Earl Nightingale
“The only thing that should get retired is your old idea of retirement.” - Unknown
“Retirement is a blank sheet of paper. It is a chance to redesign your life into something new and different.” - Patrick Foley
“Keep calm and retire on.” - Unknown
“If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.” - Oprah Winfrey
“Do not simply retire from work; retire into something better.” - Unknown
“Retire from work, but never retire your mind.” - Unknown
"The best part about being retired is never having to request time off." - Unknown
“Retirement is more fun than work, and you never have to make excuses.” - Unknown
“The company gave me an aptitude test and I found out the work I was best suited for was retirement.” - Unknown
"I always likened retirement to falling off a cliff, and then you have to kind of brush yourself off. - Steve Young
“Having a purpose in retirement is key to happiness.” - Unknown
“There is life after work.” - Unknown
“Fear no more the heat o the sun, nor the furious winter's rages. Thou thy worldly task hast done, home art gone and taken thy wages.” - William Shakespeare
“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
“Retirement should come as a surprise... a good one.” - Unknown
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“Retirement is the ugliest word in the language.” - Ernest Hemingway
"I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box." - Bette Davis
“Retire smart so you can enjoy every moment.” - Unknown
“Retirement is the time when you never do all the things you intended to do when you were working.” - Unknown
“The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.” - George Foreman
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want." - Bill Waterson
“The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does.” - Unknown
“You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.” - Winston Churchill
“Retirement: The pay is lousy but the hours are great.” - Unknown
"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender." - Vince Lombardi
"I'm always announcing my retirement. I'm still not retired." - Dick Van Dyke