Sloth Quotes

149 quotes by 107 authors

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
Having confidence in a free society is to focus on the process of discovery in the marketplace of values rather than to focus on some… — Ken Schoolland
The supreme crime of the church to-day is that everywhere and in all its operations and influences it is on the side of sloth of… — Upton Sinclair
O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, meddling, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the… — Ephrem the Syrian
You victorious martyrs who endured torments gladly for the sake of God and Savior, you who have boldness of speech toward the Lord Himself, you… — Ephrem the Syrian
So behave that the odor of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere, that when we behold or scent a flower, we… — Henry David Thoreau
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to it himself. — A. H. Weiler
Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not to suffer. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues — Benjamin Franklin
Using governmental force to impose a vision on others is intellectual sloth. — Ken Schoolland
Greed, envy, sloth, pride and gluttony: these are not vices anymore. No, these are marketing tools. Lust is our way of life. Envy is just… — Jon Foreman
Sloth is the desire for ease, even at the expense of doing the known will of God. Whatever we do in life requires effort. Everything… — John Hardon
Sloth is sluggishness of the mind which neglects to begin good...it is evil in its effect, if it so oppresses man as to draw him… — Thomas Aquinas
And I thought, there's a sloth near. There's a sloth here, it's close, it's gonna happen. And I didn't know how to process that, because… — Kristen Bell
I am overcome by my own amazing sloth...Can you please forgive me and believe that it is really because I want to do something well… — Elizabeth Bishop

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