Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quotes

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.

Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.

Work is not a shame. Laziness is a shame.

I would rather be sick than idle.

Shall we keep our hands in our bosom, or stretch ourselves on our beds of laziness, while all the world about us is hard at work, in pursuing the designs of its creation?

I'm not a fan of idleness, except in small doses.

I'm better off working as opposed to lying around.

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

Always plenty to do. Cannot well be idle and believe will rather wear out than rust out.

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

I'm not good when idle.

I'm a pretty hard worker.

I wish I was more industrious, but I don't necessarily have that drive.

I'm a very hard working guy.

There is no point in being lazy.

Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him.

Accustom yourself to tireless activity.

Plough deep while sluggards sleep.

You must work and should not be lazy if you want to be happy.

Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle

There is always hope in a man that actually and earnestly works: in Idleness alone is there perpetual despair.