Idleness Quotes

269 Idleness quotes by 179 unique authors

Idleness or boredom has no place in the life of a Christian. — Pope Paul VI
We owe most of our great inventions and most of the achievements of genius to idleness either enforced or voluntary. — Agatha Christie
In effort Happiness idleness life pleasure superstition support trouble work The superstition that all our hours of work are a minus quantity in the happiness… — Arthur Balfour
Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness. — William Beveridge
There is not a thing on the face of the earth that I abhor so much as idleness or idle people. — George Whitefield
Timing is everything. Tell me how a young man spends his evenings and I will tell you how far he is likely to go in… — B. C. Forbes
From its very inaction, idleness ultimately becomes the most active cause of evil; as a palsy is more to be dreaded than a fever. The… — Charles Caleb Colton
Besides all this, if you are idle, and take to bad courses, you will hurt those of your brethren who are slaves, and do all… — Jupiter Hammon
Idleness makes people feeble and peevish. Work makes them stalwart and prone to anger. — Mason Cooley
I wonder at the idleness of tears. — Lizette Woodworth Reese
Hunger is not the worst feature of unemployment; idleness is. — William Barrett
There is no law by which to determine the superiority of nations; hence the vanity of the claim, and the idleness of disputes about it.… — Lew Wallace
No man can perform so little as not to have reason to congratulate himself on his merits, when he beholds the multitude that live in… — Samuel Johnson
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from… — George Henry Borrow
There is a fundamental law that the tissue of the human body will waste away through idleness and disuse. Conversely, muscles and vessel that are… — Unknown Author
Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon hopes will die fasting. There are no gains without pains. He that hath a trade hath… — Benjamin Franklin
It is not necessary for a man to be actively bad in order to make a failure in life; simple inaction will accomplish it. Nature… — Unknown Author
Time is one thing that can never be retrieved. One may lose and regain friends. One may lose and regain money. Opportunity, once spurned, may… — Winston Churchill
The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste… — Thomas Traherne
Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout… — Benedict of Nursia
Well, I wanted to be a philosopher, which is the idlest occupation in the world. I wanted to be involved in abstract thought, but because… — Will Self
Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. — Floyd Dell
Without execution, thinking is mere idleness. — Winston Churchill
It can be set down as a broad, general principle that we cannot indulge in idleness and abundance during both the first and second half… — B. C. Forbes
The Book of Proverbs deals very hard blows against sluggards, and Christian ministers do well frequently to denounce the great sin of idleness, which is… — Charles Spurgeon

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