Lazy Man Quotes

• Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

  Jules Renard

  Running, Motivation, Business

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• Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "The Graduation Speech I'd Give, if Anyone Asked" by Karina Bland, www.azcentral.com. June 03, 2015.

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• The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it.

  James Ellis

  Men, Lazy, Aim

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• You may delay, but time will not.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.43, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Funny, Life, Motivational

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Tomorrow is the only day in the year that appeals to a lazy man.

  Jimmy Lyons

  Procrastination, Men, Years

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• The lazy man claims he is too heavy for light work and too light for heavy work.

  Evan Esar

  Men, Light, Laziness

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• The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it.

  John Lubbock

  Men, Doe, Laziness

  John Lubbock (1913). “The Pleasures of the Life”

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• Procrastination is a lazy man's apology.

  Chinua Achebe

  Procrastination, Apology, Men

  Chinua Achebe (2012). “Girls at War”, p.42, Anchor

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• The only time a lazy man ever succeeds is when he tries to do nothing.

  Evan Esar

  Men, Trying, Laziness

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• A lazy man's wife is generally the power behind the drone.

  Evan Esar

  Men, Wife, Drones

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• To the lazy man the world appears bereft of all blessings; if poor, he has no friends; if rich, he has no ambition; he aims at nothing, and generally hits his mark.

  James Ellis

  Ambition, Blessing, Men

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• It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, Hilarious, Work

  Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.420, Simon and Schuster

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• Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Men, Progress, Laziness

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.61, Penguin

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• Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.

  Walter Chrysler

  Funny, Jobs, Hard Work

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• All life is a struggle.... Under competition the lazy man is put under the necessity of exerting himself; and if he will not exert himself, he must fall behind. If he do not work, neither shall he eat.

  Samuel Smiles

  Struggle, Fall, Men

  Samuel Smiles (1881). “Thrift; Or, How to Get on in the World...”

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

  Bernard Williams

  Humorous, Profound, Laziness

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• The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Work, Heart

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• I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.

  Lech Walesa

  Funny, Science, Cycling

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• Climbing is the lazy man's way to enlightenment. It forces you to pay attention, because if you don't, you won't succeed, which is minor - or you may get hurt, which is major. Instead of years of meditation, you have this activity that forces you to relax and monitor your breathing and tread that line between living and dying. When you climb, you always are confronted with the edge. Hey, if it was just like climbing a ladder, we all would have quit a long time ago.

  Duncan Ferguson

  Hurt, Men, Hiking

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• I suspect guys who say, "I just send out for a sandwich for lunch," as lazy men trying to impress me.

  Jimmy Cannon

  Work, Men, Lunch

  Jimmy Cannon (1956). “Who struck John?”

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• Woe to the lazy man! Laziness is an evil disease which you must not let seize you in childhood, for when you grow up it cannot be cured. Chapter 25

  Carlo Collodi

  Growing Up, Men, Evil

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• I am a lazy man. Laziness keeps me from believing that enlightenment demands effort, discipline, strict diet, non-smoking, and other evidences of virtue. There is a paradise in and around you right now, and to be there you don't even have to make a move. There is nothing you need to do first in order to be enlightened. All potential experiences are within you already. You can open up to them at any time.

  Thaddeus Golas

  Spiritual, Believe, Moving

  Thaddeus Golas (2002). “The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment”, p.114, Gibbs Smith

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• Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable.

  Natalie Clifford Barney

  Men, Literature, Laziness

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• Seek wisdom.  Wisdom waits to be gathered.  She cannot be bartered or sold.  She is a fight for the diligent.  And only the diligent will find her.  The lazy man - the stupid man - never even looks.  Though wisdom is available to many, she is found by few.  Seek wisdom.  Find her, and you will find success and contentment.

  Andy Andrews

  Motivational, Success, Wisdom

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