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444 Laziness quotes by 342 unique authors

Work is not a shame. Laziness is a shame. — Hesiod
Laziness is the mother of all evils. — Sophocles
Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po. — Oliver Goldsmith
The more I think about it, the more there is to be said for the sloth. He sleeps fifteen to eighteen hours a day and… — Erma Bombeck
A young boy shouldn't be given up for hopeless just because he's lazy, surly, and good for nothing. Don't be discouraged by those things -… — Gracie Allen
You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought in my brain- you might send a ball rolling through… — Leo Tolstoy
I remember once a vocational director said to Fang, "You must develop some mechanical skills - like getting out of bed." — Phyllis Diller
Everybody knows how much time Fang spends in bed. A local store that gives a 30 days' trial on mattresses gives Fang only 15 days. — Phyllis Diller
Your husband is lazy if when he leaves the house, he finds out which way the wind is blowing and goes that direction. — Phyllis Diller
Your husband is lazy if the directions on his medicine say, "A teaspoon before going to bed," and in one day he uses seven bottles. — Phyllis Diller
Your husband is lazy if coffee doesn't keep him awake - even when it's hot and being spilled on him. — Phyllis Diller
When he proposed he said, "We'll make such beautiful music together," but in this duet, his part seems to be all rests. — Phyllis Diller
Everybody knows how lazy he is. One day the neighbors saw Fang mow the lawn and I got three Get Well cards. — Phyllis Diller
Once Fang took pep pills and they worked - the only time he ever ran to bed. — Phyllis Diller
You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren. — Horace
Those that dare lose a day, ate dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it, are desperate. — Joseph Hall
People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them. — Watchman Nee
It is doing some service to humanity, to amuse innocently. They know but little of society who think we can bear to be always employed,… — Hannah More
Many say they can't get God's guidance, when they really mean they wish He would show them an easier way. — Winkie Pratney
We want gain without pain; we want the resurrection without going through the grave; we want life without experiencing death; we want a crown without… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss
The longer a soul hath neglected duty, the more ado there is to get it taken up. — William Gurnall
Frequently what we say is rest is merely laziness. Our body requires respite and so does our mind and spirit. But a person should never… — Watchman Nee
Many, I fear, would like glory, who have no wish for grace. They would [want to] have the wages, but not the work; the harvest,… — J C Ryle
There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten up by vice that virtue… — William Booth
Life though a short, is a working day. Activity may lead to evil; but inactivity cannot be led to good. — Hannah More

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