Inspirational Quotes on Laziness

“We all believe in the sovereignty of God in the affairs of men, but when this view is strained to the point of eliminating man's responsibility, we have no hesitation in saying it borders on heresy.”

“Human nature is above all things lazy.”

“Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.”

“I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.”

“There is a trend today that would put a new robe on the prodigal son while he is still feeding hogs. Some would put the ring on his finger while he still in the pigsty. Others would paint the pigsty and advocate bigger and better hogpens.”

“Least doers are the greatest boasters.”

“Idle hands are the devil's playthings.”

“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.”

“Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.”

“Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.”

“Such is man's nature, that he is very inactive and lazy unless he is influenced by some affection, either love or hatred, desire, hope, fear, or some other. These affections we see to be the springs that set men agoing, in all the affairs of life, and engage them in all their pursuits: these are the things that put men forward, and carry them along.”

“You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed.”

“If we don't come apart; we will come apart.”

“The longer a soul hath neglected duty, the more ado there is to get it taken up.”

“Do not be lazy. Run each day's race with all your might, so that at the end you will receive the victory wreath from God. Keep on running even when you have had a fall. The victory wreath is won by him who does not stay down, but always gets up again, grasps the banner of faith and keeps on running in the assurance that Jesus is Victor.”

“Better never begin than never make an end.”

“Many, I fear, would like glory, who have no wish for grace. They would [want to] have the wages, but not the work; the harvest, but not the labor; the reaping, but not the sowing; the reward, but not the battle. But it may not be.”

“Those that dare lose a day, ate dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it, are desperate.”

“The welfare system in this country has literally crippled millions. It has gotten people bound and gagged so that they cannot get off it. It is such a fouled-up system.”

“Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave - with both ends kicked out.”