E. W. Howe Quotes

I suppose that there is no point wasting time being lazy, though of course indolence in a divine way, actually has its advantages.

I would rather be sick than idle.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

Anything is better than sitting around waiting for the right movie to come along. I lose my edge when I'm sitting around the pool not working.

Believe me, I do not like idleness but work.

If you don't have to get out of bed and do something every morning, that's kind of a curse.

I'm not the kind of guy who wants to basically collect money and do nothing.

I work like a dog when I have to, but when I'm not working, I get terribly lazy and could sit around all day.

Free time is the enemy of progress

I think you're always gonna have half the generation that's lazy. But I think it makes the other half work that much harder.

Work is not a shame. Laziness is a shame.

The lazy are always wanting to do something.

Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.

I can get lazy. I don't think I'm a very driven person. When I have work, I work very hard. But when I don't work, I really don't do anything. I could easily just fade away.

The only time a lazy man ever succeeds is when he tries to do nothing.

If you're lazy, don't expect much in terms of success. You're owed nothing and success will not be given to you. It's earned.

The bees can abide no drones amongst them; but as soon as they begin to be idle, they kill them.

Don't tolerate lazy people. They are losers.

That man is idle who can do something better.

I'm pretty lazy. My wife always says, "you're the laziest, most successful Olympian I've ever seen." How does that make sense? Honestly, if I have downtime, I'm really, really good at not doing anything.

Rooting in work is crucial to any accomplishment. Rooting in mere enthusiasm will in the long run force illusory measures to keep the fires of empty enthusiasm going. And this makes politics and politicians.

If a man does not work at necessary and good things, then he will work at unnecessary and stupid things

Work is the best of narcotics, providing the patient be strong enough to take it. I dread idleness as if it were Hell.