--- title: "10 Work Leisure Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Work Leisure quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Work Leisure sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/kat-lomb-24867_education_one-should-connect-language-learning-wit_2015159.png" --- > [One should connect language learning with either work or leisure. And not at the expense of them but to supplement them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-lomb/one-should-connect-language-learning-with-either-work-or-leisure-and/) [Kató Lomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-lomb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/kat-lomb-24867_education_one-should-connect-language-learning-wit_2015159.png) > [Work is really hard, if its not hard its no longer work, its leisure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bubbly/work-is-really-hard-if-its-not-hard-its-no-longer-work-its-leisure/) [Bubbly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bubbly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/bubbly-2736_hard_work-is-really-hard-if-its-not-hard-its_3216099.jpg) > [I enjoy my work so much that I have to be pulled away from my work into leisure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/i-enjoy-my-work-so-much-that-i-have-to-be-pulled-away-from-my-work/) [Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82e/ralph-nader-1783_commitment_i-enjoy-my-work-so-much-that-i-have-to-b_467544.png) > [Work and leisure are complementary parts of the same living process and cannot be separated without destroying the joy of work and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-schumacher/work-and-leisure-are-complementary-parts-of-the-same-living-process/) [E. F. Schumacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-schumacher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d5/e-f-schumacher-8282_bliss_work-and-leisure-are-complementary-parts_14972.png) > [Most people fill their schedules with work, and leisure only happens when there's time left over. But it's impossible to live a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-morin/most-people-fill-their-schedules-with-work-and-leisure-only-happens/) [Amy Morin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-morin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a47/amy-morin-4409_doing-things_most-people-fill-their-schedules-with-wo_2552983.jpg) > [Leisure is non-work for the sake of work. Leisure is the time spent recovering from work and in the frenzied but hopeless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-black/leisure-is-non-work-for-the-sake-of-work-leisure-is-the-time-spent/) [Bob Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcb/bob-black-24650_forget_leisure-is-non-work-for-the-sake-of-work_1383070.jpg) > [We should abolish 'work.' By that I mean abolishing the distinction between work and leisure, one of the greatest mistakes of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-zeldin/we-should-abolish-work-by-that-i-mean-abolishing-the-distinction/) [Theodore Zeldin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-zeldin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfd/theodore-zeldin-9828_abolish_we-should-abolish-work-by-that-i-mean-ab_74277.png) > [I could do whatever I liked to do during the day. I didn't have to work in an office. I could work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kirby/i-could-do-whatever-i-liked-to-do-during-the-day-i-didn-t-have-to/) [Jack Kirby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kirby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/jack-kirby-4317_four_i-could-do-whatever-i-liked-to-do-during_2268487.jpg) > [“People were happier, felt more fulfilled by what they were dong, while they were at work than during their leisure hours. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-carr/people-were-happier-felt-more-fulfilled-by-what-they-were-dong-while/) [Nicholas Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-carr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/nicholas-carr-4579_desire_people-were-happier-felt-more-fulfilled_2340790.jpg) > [“...in Aristotle...leisure is a far more noble, spiritual goal than work...leisure is pursued solely for its own sake...: the pleasures of music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/in-aristotle-leisure-is-a-far-more-noble-spiritual-goal-than-work/) [Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b3/francine-du-plessix-gray-19971_daily-work_in-aristotle-leisure-is-a-far-more-noble_994561.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-leisure/#itemlist", "name": "Work Leisure Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One should connect language learning with either work or leisure. 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Even when we're in the midst of doing something, we don't seem able to judge its psychic consequences accurately. Those are symptoms of a more general affliction, on which psychologists have bestowed the poetic name miswanting. 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In Latin, the ultimate good is otium — the opposite is negotium , or gainful work. 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