Idle Quotes

438 Idle quotes by 328 unique authors

Don't take advise from fools from the street corner, who sits idle and are lazy, who loves to mind other people business, people are ashamed… — Glen Rambharack
An idle tongue is the mother of all conflicts. — Dennis E Adonis
...I do deeply deplore, of the sake of the cause, the prevalent notion, that the clergy must be had, either by persuasion or by bribery.… — Sarah M Grimke
Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of unusual daring; such as an idle man cannot read, and… — Henry David Thoreau
Don't think too much or we will create a problem that wasn't even there in the first place. Evaluate our situations and take decisive action.… — Glen Rambharack
How long shall we sit in our porticoes practising idle and musty virtues, which any work would make impertinent? As if one were tobegin the… — Henry David Thoreau
Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
On the idle hill of summer, Sleepy with the flow of streams, — Alfred Edward Housman
People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that… — Brooke Addison
God is merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that… — Ritu Ghatourey
The way of life becomes monotonous for the idle man who seeks no change, but the hard work has many alternatives. — Crosby Kwaw
Am not intelligent but am an individual who refuses to let his mind dwell in idle thoughts. — Frank Matobo
I never allow my mind to run dry of ideas like the ocean which never runs dry of water. An idle mind leads to a… — Frank Matobo

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