Good Quote by Jack Nicholson

How we use our leisure is equally as important to our joy as our occupational pursuits. Proper use of leisure requires discriminating judgment. Our…

— J. Richard Clarke

Leisure is the time for doing something useful.

— Benjamin Franklin

Leisure requires the evidence of our own feelings, because it is not so much a quality of time as a peculiar state of mind.…

— Vernon Lee

Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Leisure of itself gives pleasure and happiness and enjoyment of life, which are experienced, not by the busy man, but by those who have…

— Aristotle

Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of…

— Josef Pieper

On the whole, the enjoyment of leisure is something which decidedly costs less than the enjoyment of luxury. All it requires is an artistic…

— Lin Yutang

The essence of leisure is not to assure that we may function smoothly but rather to assure that we, embedded in our social function,…

— Josef Pieper

Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure.

— W. Somerset Maugham

But leisure has little to do with one's happiness. To the contrary, I've found that the happiest people have found some cause and they…

— Alan Loy McGinnis

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company,…

— William Lyon Phelps