“His idleness was his refuge, and in this he was like many others in [occupied] France in that period; laziness became political.” — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
“I am well known by my friends to be a workaholic - to their often justifiable annoyance. I am therefore keenly aware… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
Instead of idleness, vanity, or an intellect formed by the spoon-feeding of others, my girls have acquired energy, industry, and independence. — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon hopes will die fasting. There are no gains without pains. He that hath… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
There is no remedy for time misspent; No healing for the waste of idleness, Whose very languor is a punishment Heavier than… — Sir Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Baronet Copy Share Image
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Everyone should be taught the nobility of labor, the heroism and splendor of honest effort. As long as it is considered disgraceful… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The Book of Proverbs deals very hard blows against sluggards, and Christian ministers do well frequently to denounce the great sin of… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Idleness of the mind is much worse than that of the body: wit, without employment, is a disease - the rust of… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also. — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
