Quotes of: Indolence Keyword

And forget not this: that outward semblance of authority is not a necessary symptom of its essence. There are men in high place who have no authority at all beyond what indolence confers because the indolence of many is the opportunity of one. Such m...

The Devil's Guard

Indolence is the sleep of the mind.

Luc de Clapiers

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest.

Abu Bakr

It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active.

John Philpot Curran

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.

John Mason Brown

I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy.

Bernard Williams

An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.

Jules Verne

Eating constitutes the greatest obstacle to self-control; it gives rise to indolence.

Mahavira

Illiteracy and stupidity are not quite different statuses; they are both the outcome of our lethargy and indolence.

LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS

Success is reserved for you if you persevere; it's not deserved by you if you are indolent!

The Great Hand Book of Quotes

God's prayer-line is not a wheel of fortune or lottery for the indolent.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

I created my own party. It's called the Sloth and Indolence Party, and I'm running as an anarchist candidate in the best sense of that word. I've studied the presidency carefully.

Utah Phillips

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.

Oliver Goldsmith

The Llama is a woolly sort of fleecy hairy goat, with an indolent expression and an undulating throat; like an unsuccessful literary man.

Hilaire Belloc

We do not know today whether we are busy or idle. In times when we thought ourselves indolent we have discovered afterward that much was accomplished and much was begun in us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.

Samuel George Morton

The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her on. As large possibilities swell and inspire her heart.

Anna Julia Cooper

You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

Voltaire

She posed as being more indolent than she felt, for fear of finding herself less able than she could wish.

The Death of the Heart

Indolent and unworthy the beggar may be—but that is not your concern: It is better, said Joseph Smith, to feed ten impostors than to run the risk of turning away one honest petition.

Approaching Zion