Laziness Quotes

Nothing ages like laziness. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton
 

Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more one has to do the more he is able to accomplish. - Sir Thomas Buxton

Sloth, if it has prevented many crimes, has also smothered many virtues. - Charles Caleb Colton
 

Indolence is the dry rot of even a good mind and a good character; the practical uselessness of both. It is the waste of what might be a happy and useful life. - Tryon Edwards

Laziness is the one common deficiency in mankind that blocks the establishment of a perfect world in which everyone leads a happy life. - William Feather

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails. - Robert Half

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The slothful man is the beggar's brother. - James Kelly

Loafing needs no explanation and is its own excuse. - Christopher Morley

We make a pretext of difficulty to excuse our sloth. - Quintillian

Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young man spoken of as giving promise of great genius, the first question I ask about him always is, "Does he work?" - John Ruskin

If you ask me which is the real hereditary sin of human nature, do you imagine I shall answer pride, or luxury, or ambition, or egotism? No; I shall say indolence. Who conquers indolence will conquer all the rest. Indeed all good principles must stagnate without mental activity. - Johann Zimmerman

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