Nature Quote by Lao She

“Let me tell you that every man, whether he is born rich or poor, is obliged to do something in this world—to occupy himself,…

— Carlo Collodi

“The opposite of sloth is not 'activity' or industriousness in a business sense. It is fortitude - including patience and long-suffering.”

— Thomas Merton

“it’s my job to kick your ass and tell you not to fall into the sink-hole of sloth and apathy”

— Nicole Williams

Sloth is most often evidenced in busyness ... in frantic running around, trying to be everything to everyone, and then having no time to…

— Eugene H. Peterson

“And if I let a gust of wind or a sprinkling of rain turn me aside from these easy tasks, what preparation would such…

— Charlotte Brontë

“He feels a nausea of distaste for them all; then sudden rage. Damn all food. Damn all life. He would like to abandon his…

— Christopher Isherwood

Sloth is the tempter that beguiles and expels from paradise.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

— Henry David Thoreau

“Poor people are generally a reminder that hard work can be ineffective.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.”

— André Gide

The slothful is the servant of the counters.

— George Herbert

“Poverty is like a crumb that sits at a table, and starves itself to death.”

— Anthony Liccione