Laziness Quotes

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

Nothing ages like laziness.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.

Larry Wall

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

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

David Dunham

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
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