Laziness Quotes

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.

Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence.

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.

Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind.

Everything we would ever need to become rich and powerful and sophisticated is within our reach. The major reason that so few take advantage of all that we have is simply, neglect.

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.

How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.

Tomorrow is the only day in the year that appeals to a lazy man.

All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness.

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

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.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to encourage in others.

The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest and then becomes a host, and then a master.

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.

Indolence is sweet, and its consequences bitter.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.