Childhood Quote by Carlo Collodi

Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.

— Jeremy Collier

Idleness only leads to bad deeds

— Magnus Stenbock

There is not a thing on the face of the earth that I abhor so much as idleness or idle people.

— George Whitefield

Idleness is the sepulchre of a living man.

— J. G. Holland

Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel.

— John Quincy Adams

Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind.

— Anonymous

I should like to know for what reason idleness is so popular with many young people that it is impossible to dissuade them from…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Idleness is an enemy of the soul.

— Benedict of Nursia

Idleness is a great enemy to mankind. There is no friend like energy, for, if you cultivate that, it will never fail.

— Bhartrhari

Sadly, many in our world today encourage idleness, especially in the form of mindless, inane entertainment that is on the Internet, on television, and…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

Idleness is more an infirmity of the mind than of the body.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Idleness allows you to turn a situation from boredom to pleasure.

— Tom Hodgkinson