Pietro Aretino Quotes

In theory I can do almost anything; certainly I have been told how. In practice I do as little as possible. I pretend to myself that I would be quite happy in a hermit's cave, living on gruel, if someone else would make the gruel. Gruel, like so many other things, is beyond me.

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

I am sometimes something of a lazy person, so when I end up spending a lot of time using something myself - as I did with Google in the earliest of days, I knew it was a big deal.

My ambition is handicapped by laziness

I hate not practicing.

It's actually true that I keep myself going by constantly promising myself that in response for the hard work I will be allowed to do some more hard work later on.

I ask myself, 'why am I so lazy?' and am too lazy to reply.

I had a choice to be lazy or lean - if I hadn't changed, thing probably would catch up with me.

There're so many things I want to do, like become more media savvy. I am too lazy. But I'm making an effort.

I enjoy reading tips about how to be more organized, and I rarely implement them.

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

You can have the best intentions in the world but if you do nothing, you are nothing.

The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed.

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

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

That man is idle who can do something better.

Laziness is contagious just like hard work is. I didn't give myself an opportunity to be lazy and I didn't surround myself with people who are lazy.

If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the inability or desire to organize around those priorities; or (3) the lack of discipline to execute around them? ... Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. On deeper thought, I believe that is not the case. The basic problem is that their priorities have not become deeply planted in their hearts and minds. They haven't really internalized Habit 2 [Begin with the end in mind].

Everyday we are going to fight lazy and soft. It's completely unacceptable. You have to be demanding

Be ashamed to catch yourself idle.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

Take yourself by the scruff of the neck and shake off your incarnate laziness.

Nothing is difficult; it is only we who are indolent.

Idleness breeds our better virtues.