Charles Spurgeon Quotes

The man who does not betake himself at once and desperately to sawing is called a loafer, though he may be knocking at the doors of heaven all the while.

the less one does, as I long ago observed, the less one can find time to do.

Those who never have time do least

Many are idly busy; Domitian was busy, but then it was in catching flies.

Look at those two. Wasting time. You wouldn't catch me doing that.

Busy opinion is an idle fool.

The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

I've seen guys sit the whole day doing nothing, and I hate it when people are unproductive. I don't like a guy who sits on the couch all day.

A loafer always has the correct time.

I am definitely going to take a course on time management... just as soon as I can work it into my schedule.

The idle always have a mind to do something.

I'm always busy, but I'm lazy as well.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

I don't like not being busy.

In Africa, we filled up all available time busily doing not much, and then we wasted the rest.

I don't like sitting around and not doing anything because that's the easiest way to get complacent and get lazy.

Trouble Springs From Idleness.

The lazy are always wanting to do something.

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.

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

Actually, I am kind of busy right now,” I drawled as I settled back into the chair and closed my eyes. “You have to make melanin while the sun shines.

The criterion of action is that todays work should not be deferred till the following day.

The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.

It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. One yawns, one procrastinates, one can do it when one will, and therefore one seldom does it at all.

That man is idle who can do something better.