Francis Quarles Quotes

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.

That the Devil finds work for idle hands to do is probably true. But there is a profound difference between leisure and idleness.

Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long.

The devil finds work for idle hands.

Personally I regard idling as a virtue, but civilized society holds otherwise.

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.

Free time is the enemy of progress

Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid's bow is useless.

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

Actually, I am kind of busy right now,” I drawled as I settled back into the chair and closed my eyes. “You have to make melanin while the sun shines.

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues

It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. One yawns, one procrastinates, one can do it when one will, and therefore one seldom does it at all.

I would rather be sick than idle.

Not doing things you can do is the whole point of laziness. Not doing something you can't do is just sensible.

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

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.

If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier

What heart can think, or tongue express, The harm that groweth of idleness?

The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.

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

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.

If you give yourself to your task at once, you won't have to do it twice.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.

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.