Retirement Messages and Quotes

Retirement Messages: Find the perfect words to congratulate and wish well to your retiring colleagues, friends, and family members.

Enjoy your days of sleeping late and doing nothing! All the best on your retirement.

Enjoy your days of sleeping late and doing nothing! All the best on your retirement.

I hope that your retired life is the best part of your life.

I hope that your retired life is the best part of your life.

Best wishes as you retire. Congratulations on the next phase of your life.

Best wishes as you retire. Congratulations on the next phase of your life.

Retirement, a time to enjoy all the things you never had time to do when you worked.

Retirement, a time to enjoy all the things you never had time to do when you worked.

Have a restful but fun and active retirement!

Have a restful but fun and active retirement!

Retirement: No job, no stress, no pay!

Retirement: No job, no stress, no pay!

The fun finally begins! Congratulations on your retirement.

The fun finally begins! Congratulations on your retirement.

Say goodbye to tension and hello to your pension.

Say goodbye to tension and hello to your pension.

The best part about being retired is never having to request time off.

The best part about being retired is never having to request time off.

You’ve been promoted to the retirement stage of your life! Congrats!

You’ve been promoted to the retirement stage of your life! Congrats!

There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want.

There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want.

Happy Retirement! You’ll never have to ask for a day off ever again!

Happy Retirement! You’ll never have to ask for a day off ever again!

Retirement: World's longest coffee break.

Retirement: World's longest coffee break.

It’s time to enjoy your life. Happy Retirement!

It’s time to enjoy your life. Happy Retirement!

You’ve had such a long and successful career. Well done! Enjoy your retirement.

You’ve had such a long and successful career. Well done! Enjoy your retirement.

The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does.

The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does.

Well, at least now you can say this is the last job you will ever start new! Happy retirement!

Well, at least now you can say this is the last job you will ever start new! Happy retirement!

A retired husband is often a wife's full-time job.

A retired husband is often a wife's full-time job.

Wishing you all the happiness and joy retirement can bring!

Wishing you all the happiness and joy retirement can bring!

Retirement is wonderful. It's doing nothing without worrying about getting caught at it.

Retirement is wonderful. It's doing nothing without worrying about getting caught at it.

Retirement: a six-month holiday, twice a year. Enjoy!

Retirement: a six-month holiday, twice a year. Enjoy!

Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren't going to get rid of me that way.

Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren't going to get rid of me that way.

Who wouldn’t want the weekend life every day? You earned it! Happy retirement.

Who wouldn’t want the weekend life every day? You earned it! Happy retirement.

He who laughs last at the boss's jokes probably isn't far from retirement.

He who laughs last at the boss's jokes probably isn't far from retirement.

Thank you for being a mentor, friend, and one of the hardest workers I know. Enjoy retirement!

Thank you for being a mentor, friend, and one of the hardest workers I know. Enjoy retirement!

Retirement: That's when you return from work one day and say, 'Hi, Honey, I'm home—forever.'

Retirement: That's when you return from work one day and say, 'Hi, Honey, I'm home—forever.'

Congrats on retiring—now you can do all the things you never had time for! Enjoy it!

Congrats on retiring—now you can do all the things you never had time for! Enjoy it!

I enjoy waking up and not having to go to work. So I do it three or four times a day.

I enjoy waking up and not having to go to work. So I do it three or four times a day.

This is your chance to enjoy life after work! Best wishes for a wonderful and long retirement!

This is your chance to enjoy life after work! Best wishes for a wonderful and long retirement!

Retirement: It's nice to get out of the rat race, but you have to learn to get along with less cheese.

Retirement: It's nice to get out of the rat race, but you have to learn to get along with less cheese.

Nothing but the best—that’s what you always gave. And that’s what you’re wished as you retire.

Nothing but the best—that’s what you always gave. And that’s what you’re wished as you retire.

May the retired life bring you all the relaxation and joy you can handle. Congratulations on your achievement!

May the retired life bring you all the relaxation and joy you can handle. Congratulations on your achievement!

My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.

My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.

Don't act your age in retirement. Act like the inner young person you have always been.

Don't act your age in retirement. Act like the inner young person you have always been.

It’s funny how young pensioners seem when you become one. Enjoy your new future.

It’s funny how young pensioners seem when you become one. Enjoy your new future.

Stay young at heart, kind in spirit, and enjoy retirement living.

Stay young at heart, kind in spirit, and enjoy retirement living.

Cheers to your second act! May it be even more fantastic than the first.

Cheers to your second act! May it be even more fantastic than the first.

You have to put off being young until you can retire.

You have to put off being young until you can retire.

Enjoy your newfound freedom and make the most of it. Happy retirement.

Enjoy your newfound freedom and make the most of it. Happy retirement.

Retirement: When you stop lying about your age and start lying around the house.

Retirement: When you stop lying about your age and start lying around the house.

Hobbies are important when you retire. ‘Wine‘ doesn’t count.

Hobbies are important when you retire. ‘Wine‘ doesn’t count.

There are all sorts of things that you will have to learn how to do off the clock now, like making coffee.

There are all sorts of things that you will have to learn how to do off the clock now, like making coffee.

My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that's the law.

My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that's the law.

Thank you for being a tireless professional, a helpful coworker, and a good friend. Now go and relax!

Thank you for being a tireless professional, a helpful coworker, and a good friend. Now go and relax!

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

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

When is a retiree’s bedtime? About 30 minutes after they fall asleep on the couch!

When is a retiree’s bedtime? About 30 minutes after they fall asleep on the couch!

Age is just a number, but retirement is one of the greatest gifts to mankind.

Age is just a number, but retirement is one of the greatest gifts to mankind.

Retirement is the start of a new story. Make it a good one!

Retirement is the start of a new story. Make it a good one!

How do you know it's time to retire? It's when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.

How do you know it's time to retire? It's when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.

Congratulations on your well-deserved 7-day weekend!

Congratulations on your well-deserved 7-day weekend!

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.

What do you call a person who is happy on a Monday? Retired!

What do you call a person who is happy on a Monday? Retired!