Devil Quote by Henry Ford

The devil finds work for idle hands.

— Henry David Thoreau

You should not have idle hands, you should always be working. All your life.

— Ivan Bunin

Idle hands are the devil's playthings.

— Benjamin Franklin

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

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'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

I find work for idle hands

— Christon Henry

But labor of the hands, even when pursued to the verge of drudgery, is perhaps never the worst form of idleness. It has a…

— Henry David Thoreau

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

although it has been said that idle hands are the devil's workshop, when it comes to teenagers, both idle and active hands are the…

— Amy Sedaris

Idle time is the devil's play,

— Mark Dayton

Paradoxically, to be truly idle, you also have to be efficient.

— Tom Hodgkinson