Quotes about Idle

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ur be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.Four be the things I'd been better without:Lov — Dorothy Parker, The Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day. — A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the wa — John Lubbock, The Use Of Life
She had said he had been driven away from her by a dream,--and there was no answer one could make her--there seemed to b — Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
And yet is not mankind itself, pushing on its blind way, driven by a dream of its greatness and its power upon the dark — Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
Having faith does not mean you should be idle and expecting manna to fall from above. You must get up and do something! — Israelmore Ayivor, Become a Better You
I suppose the secret of his success is in his tremendous idleness which almost approaches the supernatural. — Lawrence Durrell, Justine
Gloating is a superficial glowing, floating is an idle flowing, and bloatedness is the paralysis of blowing up; because — Criss Jami, Killosophy
There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. — Bill Watterson
It’s how I fill the time when nothing’s happening. Thinking too much, flirting with melancholy. — Tim Winton, Breath
He knew now that it was his own will to happiness which must make the next move. But if he was to do so, he realized tha — Albert Camus, A Happy Death
Is idleness indeed so black a crime?What are the Busy doing, half their time? — William Allingham, Blackberries
Joblessness does not necessarily mean idleness — Sunday Adelaja
Books?" Ridley looked disgusted. "Carry? — Kami Garcia
Because of self-doubt, the fear of failure, or laziness, most people usually bite off way less than they can chew. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
If during the day, a person did not do anything about his purpose and calling, he did nothing at all — Sunday Adelaja
If you wait for the mango fruits to fall, you'd be wasting your time while others are learning how to climb the tree — Michael Bassey Johnson, Master of Maxims
Bear it in mind that people who do not take actions are not and cannot be leaders. Leadership is action. — Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
His idleness was his refuge, and in this he was like many others in [occupied] France in that period; laziness became po — Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio
Dreams, you know, are what you wake up from. — Raymond Carver, Cathedral