Quotes about Rest
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.
— Joseph Addison
God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man's roots are planted in night as in a soil.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Man was made for the highest activity, which is, in fact, his rest.
— Thomas Merton
Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act.
— Epicurus
Only by trusting in God can a man carrying responsibility find repose.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
God has set labor and rest, as day and night to men successive.
— John Milton
His mom lived in Long Island for ten years or so. God rest her soul. And, although, she's... wait... your mom's still... your mom's still alive. Your dad passed. God bless her soul.
— Joe Biden
By the time a man is rich enough to sleep late he's too old to enjoy it.
— Anonymous
Since I travel so much, it's always great to be home. There's nothing like getting to raid my own refrigerator at two in the morning.
— Amy Grant
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence.
— Mother Teresa
I am something of a recluse by nature. I am that cordless screwdriver that has to charge for twenty hours to earn ten minutes use. I need that much downtime.
— Donald Miller
In the midst of a universe that cannot exist for a second without constant motion, God transcended the order of nature. He stopped. He rested. And He prescribes the same for you and me.
— Priscilla Shirer