Benjamin Haydon Quotes

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

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.

Diligence overcomes difficulties; sloth makes them.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.

Many successful people are no more talented than unsuccessful people. The difference between them lies in the old axiom that successful people do those things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

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

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

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

I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.

I have to watch out for being lazy.

I think the man who eats the bread of idleness is under a certain obligation to speak well of labor.

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

I was a hard worker.

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 know only one way: work hard.

Work is not a shame. Laziness is a shame.

There is absolutely nothing that beats hard work.

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

It is said that good things come to those who wait. I believe that good things come to those who work.

If you're lazy, don't expect much in terms of success. You're owed nothing and success will not be given to you. It's earned.

There are two sorts of content; one is connected with exertion, the other with habits of indolence. The first is a virtue; the other, a vice.

Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you've got, you're more likely to do it. And this is precisely why it's difficult to focus. Because focusing means acknowledging that you just signed up for the hard part.

Don't tolerate lazy people. They are losers.

Effort is grossly underrated.

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.