Seneca the Younger Quotes

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

Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.

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

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.

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

Believe me, I do not like idleness but work.

Work is not a shame. Laziness is a shame.

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.

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues. Be active in business, that temptation may miss her aim; the bird that sits is easily shot.

I don't understand being idle; I don't have an idle setting. I probably should develop one.

Be ashamed to catch yourself idle.

Flee idleness... for no one is more exposed to such temptations than he who has nothing to do.

There is no cure for laziness but a large family helps.

I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.

It is the idle man, not the great worker, who is always complaining that he has no time or opportunity.

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

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

You can't get anything done hanging out all day long.

Our own laziness taxes us more than kings...

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.

Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.

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

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.

I don't like idle time.