Quotes of Laziness - somelinesforyou

“ I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. ”

- Agatha Christie

“ Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. ”

- Edgar Bergen

“ Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. ”

- Floyd Dell

“ Idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil. ”

- Hippocrates

“ Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others. ”

- Jules Renard

“ Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. ”

- Jules Renard

“ Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. ”

- Mary Wilson Little

“ That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing. ”

- Pliny the Younger

“ I'm not sure about whether I shall go. I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather -- that is, when the fit is on me, for I can be spry enough at times. ”

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“ Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good. ”

- Thomas a Kempis

“ He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion. ”

- Thomas Fuller

“ Determine never to be idle...It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. ”

- Agatha Christie

“ Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. ”

- Lord Chesterfield

“ A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others. ”

- Jules Renard

“ Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more one has to do, the more he is able to accomplish. ”

- Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton

“ A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends. ”

- Cyril Connolly

“ He also who is slack in his work is brother to him who destroys. ”

- Bible

“ The sluggard does not plow after the season, so he begs during the harvest and has nothing. ”

- Bible

“ Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. ”

- Jules Renard

“ I like the word `indolence.' it makes my laziness seem classy. ”

- Bern Williams

“ Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. ”

- Anne Frank

“ Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others. ”

- Jules Renard

“ A great deal of laziness of mind is called liberty of opinion. ”

- Unknown

“ Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails. ”

- Robert Half
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