Sloth Quotes

149 quotes by 104 authors

I seldom try to probe the mystery of my sloth. I have squandered a gigantic fortune of work hours... seems likely that I'll go on… — Christopher Isherwood
The avenues in my neighborhood are Pride, Covetousness and Lust; the cross streets are Anger, Gluttony, Envy and Sloth. I live over on Sloth, and… — John Chancellor
There are two types of mistakes: mistakes of ambition and mistakes of sloth. — Tim Ferriss
Were cricket and football abolished, it would bring upon the masses nothing but misery, depression, sloth, indiscipline and disorder. — F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
A Bradypus or Sloth am I, / I live a life of ease, / Contented not to do or die / But idle as I… — Michael Flanders
What is undeniable is that when comforts and convenience sap our energies and idealism, inactivity secretes sloth in to our minds like a poison in… — Os Guinness
The lazy are always wanting to do something. — Luc de Clapiers
Sloth is the tempter that beguiles and expels from paradise. — Amos Bronson Alcott
Hypocrites act by virtue.... They frame many counterfeits of her, with which they make an ostentatious parade, in all public assemblies, and processions; but the… — Charles Caleb Colton
Where dost thou careless lie, Buried in ease and sloth? Knowledge that sleeps, doth die; And this security, It is the common moth, That eats… — Ben Jonson
My background is degradation and sloth, mostly. — Larry David
Social networks do best when they tap into one of the seven deadly sins. Facebook is ego. Zynga is sloth. LinkedIn is greed. — Reid Hoffman
People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy. — Bob Hope
Nothing irritates me more than chronic laziness in others. Mind you, it's only mental sloth I object to. Physical sloth can be heavenly. — Elizabeth Hurley
Often motivated by a desire to maintain the existing status quo, sloth almost cost the U.S. its auto industry, as it refused for decades to… — Simon Mainwaring
The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony.… — Dave Mustaine
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty. — Quintilian
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others. — Jules Renard
Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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