Idleness Quotes

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.

Millions are idle, but it’s comforting to know that most of them have jobs.

The thought that leads to no action is not thought – it is dreaming.

Those who are satisfied to stand still should not complain when others pass them.

Prolonged idleness paralyzes initiative.

The only nation capable of licking the world is stagnation.

Stand still and silently watch the world go by – and it will.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

The hardest work of all is to do nothing.

The Devil finds work for idle hands to do.