Chastisement Quote by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

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

Young people ought not to be idle, it is very bad for them.

— Margaret Thatcher

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

Sadly, many in our world today encourage idleness, especially in the form of mindless, inane entertainment that is on the Internet, on television, and…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel.

— John Quincy Adams

Idleness only leads to bad deeds

— Magnus Stenbock

Idleness allows you to turn a situation from boredom to pleasure.

— Tom Hodgkinson

There is not a thing on the face of the earth that I abhor so much as idleness or idle people.

— George Whitefield

Idleness is an enemy of the soul.

— Benedict of Nursia

Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind.

— Anonymous

The principle trap that the devil sets for young people is idleness.

— John Bosco