Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall read more

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

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

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

You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought in my brain- you might read more

You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought in my brain- you might send a ball rolling through it!

Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.

Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.

I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human enough.

I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human enough.

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Cheating is often more efficient.

Cheating is often more efficient.

We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character read more

We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character to display itself in what I may, perhaps, be allowed to call spiritual efficiency--clear disinterested thinking and fearless action along the right lines of thought.