Active Quote by George Whitefield

Idleness or boredom has no place in the life of a Christian.

— Pope Paul VI

I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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

“I have often wondered whether especially those days when we are forced to remain idle are not precisely the days spend in the most…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Idleness is an enemy of the soul.

— Benedict of Nursia

“The Indwelling of Christ by faith…is to have Jesus Christ continually in one’s eye, a habitual sight of Him. I call it so because…

— Thomas Goodwin

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.

— Thomas a Kempis

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

Fatigue can make it hard to have faith. Too much busyness can make it hard to have faith. Too much of too little solitude…

— Julia Cameron

Faith has to be exercised in the midst of ordinary, down-to-earth living.

— Elisabeth Elliot

“Faith in Jesus Christ is a continuous effort.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“I would never speak about faith, but speak about the Lord himself - not theologically, as to the why and wherefore of his death…

— George MacDonald