Leisure Quotes
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We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace.
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows...
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows...
What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?
If you are losing your leisure, look out, you may be losing your soul.
Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention.
Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.
Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never.
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,
To lie flat and know nothing and be still,
Are the two trades of man; and which is worse
I know not, but I know that both are ill.
To lie flat and know nothing and be still,
Are the two trades of man; and which is worse
I know not, but I know that both are ill.
I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun.
The real problem of leisure time is how to keep others from using yours.
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity.
I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.
We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.
Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such as occurs when we let our minds rest on a rosebud, a child at play, a Divine mystery, or a waterfall.
Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.
Life lived amidst tension and busyness needs leisure. Leisure that recreates and renews. Leisure should be a time to think new thoughts, not ponder old ills.
We all need empty hours in our lives or we will have no time to create or dream.