The only thing wrong with doing nothing is that you never know when you’re finished.
Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals. – Voltaire
Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle. – Samuel Johnson
The happiest part of a man’s life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning. – Samuel Johnson
Idleness, we are accustomed to say, is the root of all evil. To prevent this evil, work is recommended…. Idleness as such is by no means a root of evil; on the contrary, it is truly a divine life, if one is not bored…. – Soren Kierkegaard
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. – John Lubbock
Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre. – Albert Camus
Gardens are not made by singing “Oh, how beautiful,” and sitting in the shade. – Rudyard Kipling
He who indulges in idleness, deserves no success. – Dr T.P.Chia
An idling mind produces a weak learner who enjoys the comfort of leisure time. – Dr T.P.Chia
Inaction will cause a man to sink into the slough of despond and vanish without a trace. – Farley Mowat
Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed. – St. Jerome
Hunger is not the worst feature of unemployment; idleness is. – William E. Barrett
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day. – A.A. Milne
Idle hands are the Devil’s workshop.
Get busy living or get busy dying. – Stephen King
There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want. – Bill Watterson
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor – Victor Hugo
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace. – Hesiod
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