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It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that read more
It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts.
That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.
[Lat., Vitanda est improba--desidia.]
That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.
[Lat., Vitanda est improba--desidia.]
For idleness is an appendix to nobility.
For idleness is an appendix to nobility.
An idle life always produces varied inclinations.
[Lat., Variam semper dant otia mentem.]
An idle life always produces varied inclinations.
[Lat., Variam semper dant otia mentem.]
Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.
Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.
There is no remedy for time misspent;
No healing for the waste of idleness,
Whose very languor read more
There is no remedy for time misspent;
No healing for the waste of idleness,
Whose very languor is a punishment
Heavier than active souls can feel or guess.
Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools
Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools
I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to
learn to do nothing.
I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to
learn to do nothing.
What heart can think, or tongue express,
The harm that groweth of idleness?
What heart can think, or tongue express,
The harm that groweth of idleness?