Best Leisure Thoughts

505 Leisure quotes by 348 unique authors

What the banker sighs for, the meanest clown may have-leisure and a quiet mind. — Henry David Thoreau
Who has more leisure than a worm? — Seneca the Younger
Sit loosely in the saddle. — Robert Louis Stevenson
The slave labors, but with no cheer-it is not the road to respectability, it will honor him with no citizens' trust, it brings no bread… — Henry Ward Beecher
Now therefore, that my mind is free from all cares, and that I have obtained for myself assured leisure in peaceful solitude, I shall apply… — Rene Descartes
A few years ago, everybody was saying we must have more leisure, everyone's working too much. Now everybody's got more leisure time they're complaining they're… — Prince Philip
Unless we regain the art of silence and insight, the ability for nonactivity, unless we substitute true leisure for our hectic amusements, we will destroy… — Josef Pieper
Leisure requires the evidence of our own feelings, because it is not so much a quality of time as a peculiar state of mind. ...… — Vernon Lee
I need so much time for doing nothing that I have no time for work. — Pierre Reverdy
Breakfast cereals that come in the same colors as polyester leisure suits make oversleeping a virtue. — Fran Lebowitz
When you master role-playing [gaming], you become immersed in an activity that is peerless among leisure-time pursuits. — Gary Gygax
The secret to the city is integration. Every area of the city should combine work, leisure and culture. Separate these functions and parts of the… — Jaime Lerner
The average are addicted to leisure. The exceptional are obsessed with learning. — Robin Sharma
I hate leisure, except reading. I'm really a person made to work, if sketching is considered work. — Karl Lagerfeld
Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story shall be the education of our heroes. — Plato
Celebrating the future is about celebrating a better world: a world in which everyone's life is easier and their health is maintained longer. It’ll be… — Aubrey de Grey
NCL ... stands to achieve greater success under the Carnival Corp. umbrella, which will provide NCL with economies of scale, greater access to capital, marketing… — Micky Arison
To encounter Christ is to touch reality and experience transcendence. He gives us a sense of self-worth or personal significance, because He assures us of… — John Stott
What will be the good of the conquest of leisure and health, if no one remembers how to use them? — Bertrand Russell
Leisure with dignity. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
O Holy Spirit of God, abide with us; inspire all our thoughts; pervade our imaginations; suggest all our decisions; order all our doings. Be with… — John Baillie
The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. It is commonly observed, that among soldiers and seamen, though there is much kindness, there is… — Samuel Johnson
What was more needed by this old man who divided the leisure hours of his life, where he had so little leisure, between gardening in… — Victor Hugo
Solitude is the surest nurse of all prurient passions, and a girl in the hurry of preparation, or tumult of gaiety, has neither inclination nor… — Samuel Johnson
The preservation of parks, wilderness, and wildlife has also aided liberty by keeping alive the 19th century sense of adventure and awe with which our… — Ronald Reagan

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