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 may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.

For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; read more

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

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.

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.

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.

Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan.

Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan.

My only hobby is laziness, which naturally rules out all others.

My only hobby is laziness, which naturally rules out all others.