A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends.
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
A loafer always has the correct time.
A young man idle, an old man needy.
Absorption in ease is one of the most reliable signs of present or impending decay.
By doing nothing we learn to do ill.
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
He also who is slack in his work is brother to him who destroys. [Proverbs 18:9]
I slip from workaholic to bum real easy.
I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
If a man will not work, he shall not eat.
If you're coasting, you're either losing momentum or else you're headed downhill.
It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all.
Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.
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.
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.
Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.