Idleness is an expert thief,and our mind is its victim.

“Always better to be busy than bored -Idleness is a slow torture; it is an expert thief and your mind is the victim”

— Aidh bin Abdullah al-Qarni

“Victim consciousness tends to be self-perpetuating. If you believe yourself to be a victim, you vibrate at the frequency of a victim and energetically…

— Robert Schwartz

Beware of the thief on the street that's after your purse but also beware of the thief in your mind that's after your promise.

— Anonymous

“Beware of the thief who is after your cash; but be more cautious of the thief in the mind that's after your kind, your…

— Bernard Kelvin Clive

Don't become a victim of yourself. Forget about the thief waiting in the alley; what about the thief in your mind?

— Jim Rohn

The idle brain is the devil's playground.

— Eric Lange

It can be set down as a broad, general principle that we cannot indulge in idleness and abundance during both the first and second…

— B. C. Forbes

Wasting time is negative, but there is something positive about idleness.

— Russell Lynes

The reason of idleness and of crime is the deferring of our hopes. Whilst we are waiting, we beguile the time with jokes, with…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Timing is everything. Tell me how a young man spends his evenings and I will tell you how far he is likely to go…

— B. C. Forbes

“Reality has a tendency to reveal itself when man is idle, and so it is because of this that idleness is often regarded as…

— VD

Idleness is paralysis.

— Roswell Dwight Hitchcock

“Liza had a finely developed sense of sin Idleness was a sin, and card playing, which was a kind of idleness to her. She…

— John Steinbeck

The frivolous work of polished idleness.

— James Mackintosh

“Idleness is seductive. Just relax and do nothing, it says.”

— Innocent Mwatsikesimbe