Busy Quote by Samuel Johnson Download Open image “As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.” — Samuel Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Busy Ends Idle Idleness Peace Purpose Ultimate War
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 Copy Share Image
Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Idleness is a great enemy to mankind. There is no friend like energy, for, if you cultivate that, it will never fail. — Bhartrhari Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Nothing is more idle than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our reach. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
No matter how busy idle people are, they always find time for everything. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Never confuse activity with productivity. You can be busy without a purpose, but what's the point? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Success doesn't have a downside for me. I'm busy, but I've always been busy whatever job I've had. My very first job working in… — Victoria Derbyshire Copy Share Image
I remember till 997th film, but after that I got so busy with multiple projects; I'm not sure which one released as my 1,000th… — Brahmanandam Copy Share Image
I love to work in football, so for me it's not work. I'm not here first in the morning and last in the evening… — Daniel Farke Copy Share Image
We all have time away from football to get our head down. At the same time it is a very busy schedule. — Reece James Copy Share Image
I am on sabbatical as of right now, been too busy to think of about my OWN needs as of late. — Jim Diamond Copy Share Image
“I don't envy "busy." Busy means having a schedule, not living life. What I really covet is leisure and peace of mind. Those who… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
I do spend a lot of weekends on the road. I have to pace myself. It can be pretty busy, but I'm not out… — Gary Sinise Copy Share Image
Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I have no social life. There is no time for one. Once in a while I may go to dinner with a friend but… — Liz Halliday Copy Share Image
I like acting too much and it's too, I'm just too busy doing that and I'm too hungry for it, to get behind the… — Rachel Weisz Copy Share Image
The hollow horn plays wasted words, proves to warn that he not busy being born is busy dying. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
