Know the true value of time: snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination; read more

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.

For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.

For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.

He has a head that is for rent unfurnished.

He has a head that is for rent unfurnished.

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state. We must be doing something to be happy.

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state. We must be doing something to be happy.

My only hobby is laziness, which naturally rules out all others.

My only hobby is laziness, which naturally rules out all others.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic read more

So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating effect.

How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.

How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.

The really idle man gets nowhere; the perpetually busy man does not get much further.

The really idle man gets nowhere; the perpetually busy man does not get much further.