Quotes about Idle

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

Satan finds some mischief still, for idle hands to do'...He might have written with as much truth, 'Satan finds some mischief for busy hands too.' The busy people achieve their full share of mischief in the world, you may rely upon it. What have the people been about, who have been the busiest in getting money, and in getting power, this century or two? No mischief?

Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle

Only when we are thus ''dead to the world and all its toys, its idle pomp and fading joys'' can we feel the freedom that Paul knew.

Go on, fair Science; soon to thee Shall Nature yield her idle boast; Her vulgar lingers formed a tree, But thou hast trained it to a post.

Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.

This book is merely a personal narrative, and not a pretentious history or a philosophical dissertation. It is a record of several years of variegated vagabondizing, and it's object is rather to help the resting reader while away an idle hour than afflict him with metaphysics, or goad him with science.

All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.

All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.