There is no greater cause of melancholy than idleness. – Robert Burton
The happiest part of a man’s life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning. – Samuel Johnson
Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease. – Benjamin Franklin
Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed. – St. Jerome
Inaction will cause a man to sink into the slough of despond and vanish without a trace. – Farley Mowat
The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it. – John Lubbock
Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Even the strongest of iron is eaten away by rust.
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace. – Hesiod
There is a working class – strong and happy – among both rich and poor: there is an idle class – weak, wicked, and miserable – among both rich and poor. – John Ruskin
Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals. – Voltaire
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much can be done if we are always doing. – Thomas Jefferson
An idle mind is soon lost.
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, 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
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of Hell. – George Bernard Shaw
The hour of idleness is the hour of temptation. – Proverb
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. – Benjamin Franklin
One of the commonest characteristics of the successful man is his idleness, his immense capacity for wasting time. – Arnold Bennett
Domestic commitment is a way of moving closer to God because you don’t have time for sin.
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