Quotes about Recreation
Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation...all people should spend one-third of their time in recreation which is rebuilding, voluntary activity, never idleness.
- Brigham Young
It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
If we are to be happy, decent and secure of our souls: drink some kind of fermented liquor with one's food; go on the water from time to time; dance on occasions, and sing in a chorus...
- Hilaire Belloc
My father loves Las Vegas, and he loves to play craps. Growing up, I'd find old Caesars Palace chips in his pocket that he forgot to cash out.
- Meghan McCain
Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Read a lot when you're on vacation, but nothing that has to do with your business.
- H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Play and mirth is also "necessary for the intercourse of human life" and "to cheer the heart of man". This is why God invented not just water but also wine (Ps 104:15).
- Peter Kreeft
Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.
- John F. Kennedy
To create a balanced and successful life, your vision needs to include the following seven areas: work and career, finances, recreation and free time, health and fitness, relationships, personal goals, and contribution to the larger community.
- Jack Canfield
A different world can be created or re-created-but not until we stop enshrining the economic values of invisible labor, infinite and obsessive growth, and a slow environmental suicide.
- Gloria Steinem
Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.
- William James
Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.
- St. Thomas Aquinas