Concern Quote by Edward Rutledge

Idleness, we are accustomed to say, is the root of all evil. To prevent this evil, work is recommended… Idleness as such is by…

— Soren Kierkegaard

Idleness only leads to bad deeds

— Magnus Stenbock

No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for…

— Anonymous

Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel.

— John Quincy Adams

Idleness is an enemy of the soul.

— Benedict of Nursia

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.

— Cyril Connolly

I love idleness. I love to busy myself about trifles, to begin a hundred things and not finish one of them, to come and…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Idleness is the enemy of the soul.

— Anonymous

Woe to those who lead idle lives. Idleness is a dreadful illness and must be cured in childhood. If it is not cured then,…

— Carlo Collodi

Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.

— Jeremy Collier

“idleness is the root of all evil.”

— Anthony Trollope

Rather do what is nothing to the purpose than be idle; that the devil may find thee doing. The bird that sits is easily…

— Francis Quarles