Activity Quote by 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 is the time for doing something useful.

— Benjamin Franklin

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

The idea that leisure is of value in itself is only conditionally true. The average man simply spends his leisure as a dog spends…

— H. L. Mencken

Leisure and the cultivation of human capacities are inextricably interdependent.

— Margaret Mead

Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.

— Benjamin Franklin

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

Leisure may be defined as free activity, labor as compulsory activity. Leisure does what it likes, labor does what it must, the compulsion being…

— George Bernard Shaw

Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never.

— Benjamin Franklin

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

— Jack Nicholson

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