Action Quote by Aristotle

Happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in…

— Aristotle

Leisure, the highest happiness upon earth, is seldom enjoyed with perfect satisfaction, except in solitude. Indolence and indifference do not always afford leisure; for…

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

Leisure of itself gives pleasure and happiness and enjoyment of life, which are experienced, not by the busy man, but by those who have…

— Aristotle

But leisure has little to do with one's happiness. To the contrary, I've found that the happiest people have found some cause and they…

— Alan Loy McGinnis

When leisure is a selfish luxury, its very activity, when it stirs, is apt to be only a kind of indolence taking exercise, that…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

How we use our leisure is equally as important to our joy as our occupational pursuits. Proper use of leisure requires discriminating judgment. Our…

— J. Richard Clarke

I think instead [of happiness] we should be working for contentment... an inner sense of fulfillment that's relatively independent of external circumstances.

— Andrew Weil

Happiness is activity.

— Aristotle

The leisure of time is the pleasure of life

— Jimba Matthias

Happiness consists in the full employment of our faculties in some pursuit.

— Harriet Martineau

Leisure, the highest happiness on earth, is seldom enjoyed with perfect satisfaction, except in solitude.

— George Zimmerman