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The really idle man gets nowhere; the perpetually busy man does not get much further.
The really idle man gets nowhere; the perpetually busy man does not get much further.
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state. We must be doing something to be happy.
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state. We must be doing something to be happy.
So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic read more
So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating effect.
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.
He has a head that is for rent unfurnished.
He has a head that is for rent unfurnished.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.
How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things.
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things.
A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate read more
A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate friends
