Ronald Reagan Quotes

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.

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.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

There's nothing wrong with procrastination. Or is there? I'll leave it to you to decide, but only if you have the time.

The harder you work... and visualize something, the luckier you get.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

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

Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence.

He who is idle shall not eat the bread nor wear the garments of the laborer

I don't want to waste my life by being lazy.

I'm just living my life. I'm incredibly disciplined and I work incredibly hard. I show up for things on time, I do my homework, and I work my ass off. I've had a lot of luck, but I work really, really hard.

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.

I would rather be sick than idle.

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

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

My ambition is handicapped by laziness

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

When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused; when I work, I get results ... not great results, but enough to encourage me.

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.

It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So for me, I would always have an excuse, you know, to go - quit early, go to a museum, you know. So I do everything I can to make myself remember this is a job. I keep a schedule.

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.

And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.