Idleness Quotes

269 Idleness quotes by 179 unique authors

If I gave my mother a knitted scarf she'd be worried I was wasting my time doing stupid stuff like knitting instead of school work.… — Mindy Kaling
And to tell the truth I don't want to let go of the wrists of idleness, I don't want to sell my life for money,… — Mary Oliver
The day, like the previous days, dragged sluggishly by in a kind of insipid idleness, devoid even of that dreamy expectancy which can make idleness… — Vladimir Nabokov
My days were not days of the week, bearing the stamp of any heathen deity, nor were they minced into hours and fretted by the… — Henry David Thoreau
Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long. — Cesare Pavese
Equality is. one of the most consummate scoundrels that ever crept from the brain of a political juggler--a fellow who thrusts his hand into the… — Unknown Author
Idleness is often covered by turbulence and hurry. He that neglects his known duty and real employment naturally endeavours to crowd his mind with something… — Samuel Johnson
My mind works in idleness. To do nothing is often my most profitable way. — Virginia Woolf
Every man must patiently bide his time. He must wait -- not in listless idleness but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavors, always willing and fulfilling… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Research ! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value. — Benjamin Jowett
Let us be grateful to Adam: he cut us out of the blessing of idleness and won for us the curse of labor. — Mark Twain
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the… — Benjamin Franklin
Sadly, many in our world today encourage idleness, especially in the form of mindless, inane entertainment that is on the Internet, on television, and in… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
A few days of idleness have completely sickened me, and given me what is called the blue-devils so severely, that I feel that the sooner… — John James Audubon
It is idleness that is the curse of man - not labour. Idleness eats the heart out of men as of nations, and consumes them… — Samuel Smiles
Idleness of the mind is much worse than that of the body: wit, without employment, is a disease - the rust of the soul, a… — Samuel Smiles
It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure, etc., etc., which are… — Lord Melbourne
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
It is rather hard to be accused of shiftlessness and idleness when the accuser closes the avenue of labour and industrial pursuits to us. — George H. White
Idleness is an appendix to nobility. — Robert Burton
Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay,… — Benjamin Franklin
Rather than idleness of people, it is the activeness of people that turns the wheels of the struggle — Unknown Author
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till to-morrow… — Lord Chesterfield
Do not let idleness set in, not even for a second, as seconds will lead to minute, minutes will lead to hour, hours will lead… — Nghi Lam
The worst job on earth is idleness lazy people find it difficult to survive with their habit — LilTeny

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