The hardest work is to go idle. – Yiddish Proverb
The happiest part of a man’s life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning. – Samuel Johnson
There is no greater cause of melancholy than idleness. – Robert Burton
Inaction will cause a man to sink into the slough of despond and vanish without a trace. – Farley Mowat
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
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
Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it. – John Lubbock
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. – Benjamin Franklin
Even the strongest of iron is eaten away by rust.
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.
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of Hell. – George Bernard Shaw
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
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace. – Hesiod
Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals. – Voltaire
I work to stay alive. – Bette Davis
The hour of idleness is the hour of temptation. – Proverb
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