Idleness Quote by George Q Cannon

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

— Samuel Butler

Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in…

— Benedict of Nursia

Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor…

— Anne Baxter

When men are rightly occupied, their amusement grows out of their work.

— John Ruskin

“Labor is an antidote for angst and general misery, and the fear that the Devil is going to grab you by the throat at…

— Ann Rice

Idle men tempt the devil to tempt them.

— Charles Spurgeon

Nothing tends to materialize man, and to deprive his work of the faintest trace of mind, more than extreme division of labor

— Anonymous

Labour is good for a man, bracing up his energies to conquest, And without it life is dull, the man perceiving himself useless.

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

The devil finds work for idle hands.

— Henry David Thoreau

The devil tempts all other men, but idle men tempt the devil

— Turkish Proverb

It is idleness that is the curse of man - not labour. Idleness eats the heart out of men as of nations, and consumes…

— Samuel Smiles

In works of labour or of skillI would be busy too:For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do.

— Isaac Watts