Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more one has to do, the more he is able to accomplish
Thomas Buxton
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention -- invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.
Agatha Christie
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.
Lord Chesterfield
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others
Jules Renard
Laziness is the one common deficiency in mankind that blocks the establishment of a perfect world in which everyone leads a happy life.
William Feather
Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
Robert Half
I view the tea-drinking as a destroyer of health, an enfeebler of the frome, an engender of effeminacy and laziness, a debaucher of youth and maker of misery for old age
William Cobbett
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
Benjamin Franklin
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
Lord Chesterfield
Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.
Sam Keen
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.
Lord Chesterfield
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
Lord Chesterfield