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From passions grow opinions; intellectual laziness lets these harden into convictions.
We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.
You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.
The habit of taking the line of least resistance makes all rivers and some men crooked.
There is a - deep down, underneath all the work I do, I think there's a laziness in me.
When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom.
Working hard is great, being lazy sometimes is great, but failed potential is the worst.
Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other's work.
I'm not the kind of person who works 24 hours a day, mostly out of laziness; I don't know.
Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do
Golden opportunities are nothing to laziness, but industry makes the commonest chances golden.
Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we do not want to do it.
Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.
No man ever flees from duty without incalculable hurt, not only to himself, but to others as well.
Cut the bondage of all worldly affections; go beyond laziness and all care as to what becomes of you.
We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service.
Life though a short, is a working day. Activity may lead to evil; but inactivity cannot be led to good.
Those who do the least themselves are always the severest critics upon the noble achievements of others.
The slothful are always ready to engage in idle talk of what will be done tomorrow, and every day after.
Many say they can't get God's guidance, when they really mean they wish He would show them an easier way.
Buzyness, however, is moral laziness because it involves refusing to live with courage and intentionality.
Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.
Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.
Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness.
Laziness in my biggest pet peeve of all time. Get up, make a plan, do the work, and love yourself, people!
Run away from laziness; work hard. Touch intuition and listen to the heart, not marketing directors. Dream.
I believe email-based status reports are the clearest and best signs of managerial incompetence and laziness.
Laziness works. And the simple way to incorporate its health benefits into your life is simply to take a nap.
Not doing things you can do is the whole point of laziness. Not doing something you can't do is just sensible.
Once you start making money, you can be an ass. But I am not an ass. I'm too lazy, that takes a lot of energy.
Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
I think sometimes with experience, it brings a sense of laziness and complacency. I try not to get complacent.
Typographical laziness was slowly destroying our culture, according to Lexa and her pals. Inexactitude was death.
So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit.
I'd love sloth. I wish sloth would come home and visit me once in a while. I don't consider laziness a sin at all.
The sun penetrates me soundlessly like a distant friend that stirs up my laziness, fertilizes it. We bring forth life.
I can be lazy, don't get me wrong. But it's not laziness that's holding me back, it's the system where I don't fit in.
There's an awful lot of inactive kindness which is nothing but laziness, not wanting any trouble, confusion, or effort.
True will-power and courage are not on the battlefield, but in everyday conquests over our intertia, laziness, boredom.
The ultimate laziness is not using Perl. That saves you so much work you wouldn't believe it if you had never tried it.
It's a disease of critics that once they've labeled someone, it's very hard to change their perspective. It's laziness.
I tend to write and record things quite quickly. You can tamper with things for years, and it's artistic laziness sometimes.
If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.
Never ask God to provide for you what you can provide for yourself. Get up and go get it because God will only provide what you can't.
Nothing irritates me more than chronic laziness in others. Mind you, it's only mental sloth I object to. Physical sloth can be heavenly.
To be violent is the ultimate laziness. War always seems a great effort, but it is the easy way. And false non-violence is also an idol.
I think that laziness in many ways is the human condition, and that's what has led us to this place where, as we've developed technology.
The most basic human impulse is toward entropy and laziness. The less we have to do to grow spiritually, the more likely we are to do it.
See what no one else sees. See what everyone chooses not to see... out of fear, conformity or laziness. See the whole world anew each day!