Character Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Idleness breeds our better virtues.

— William Faulkner

Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

— Anonymous

Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues

— Benjamin Franklin

“idleness is the root of all evil.”

— Anthony Trollope

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

— Franz Kafka

When we associate with the virtuous we form ourselves in imitation of their virtues, or at least lose, every day, something of our faults.

— Pope Agapetus I

“It is not even in extraordinary situations, where all eyes are upon us, where all our energy is aroused, and all our vigilance is…

— Albert Pike

In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are…

— Agnes Repplier

As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and…

— Stephen Covey

We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.

— Mason Cooley

It is a mighty error to suppose that none but violent and strong passions, such as love and ambition, are able to vanquish the…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld