Benjamin Franklin Quotes About Laziness

• The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Business, Educational, Sleep

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Easyread Edition”, p.243, ReadHowYouWant.com

• Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Work, Lazy, Laziness

• There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Business, Positive Thinking

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Easyread Edition”, p.243, ReadHowYouWant.com

• He that rises late must trot all day.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Time, Laziness, Kick Ass

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.2, Nayika Publishing

• A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Motivation, Sleep, Two

  Benjamin Franklin (1839). “The Life and Miscellaneous Writings of Benjamin Franklin”, p.49

• Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Night, Sloth, Laziness

  Benjamin Franklin (1839). “Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin”, p.6

• Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues

  Benjamin Franklin

  Sea, Laziness, Virtue

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.8, Courier Corporation

• Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Work, Lazy

  Benjamin Franklin (1824). “The Works of Benjamin Franklin Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral and Literary, with His Life, Written by Himself”, p.244

• He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Business, Night, Laziness

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.286, Barnes & Noble Publishing

• Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Sloth, Laziness, Easy

  Benjamin Franklin (2011). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Including Poor Richard's Almanac, and Familiar Letters”, p.224, Cosimo, Inc.

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