Idle Quotes

If it were not my purpose to combine barbarian things with things Hellenic, to traverse and civilize every continent, to search out the uttermost parts of land and sea, to push the bounds of Macedonia to the farthest Ocean, and to disseminate and shower the blessings of the Hellenic justice and peace over every nation, I should not be content to sit quietly in the luxury of idle power, but I should emulate the frugality of Diogenes.

With NATO's eastward expansion the situation for Russia has been becoming worse and more dangerous by the year. Moreover, these past days NATO leadership has been blunt in its statements that they need to accelerate and step up efforts to bring the alliance's infrastructure closer to Russia's borders. In other words, they have been toughening their position. We cannot stay idle and passively observe these developments. This would be an absolutely irresponsible thing to do for us.

Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind.

Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.