Top Idle Quotes

Anytime you feel like you don't have any work to do, just look around. Look for what God had started doing and ask for his permission to assist him in doing it.

We haven't remained idle, twiddling our thumbs while you were off having a good time. Through books Cathy and I have lived a zillion lives . . . our vicarious way to feel alive.

Idle Definition

(superl.) Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

(superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.

(superl.) Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.

(superl.) Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.

(superl.) Light-headed; foolish.

(v. i.) To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.

(v. t.) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.

Nobody does nothing. Everybody does something, sometimes nothing is something in the idle man's world.

Because of self-doubt, the fear of failure, or laziness, most people usually bite off way less than they can chew.

She probably had all the time in the world, Therese thought, probably did nothing all day but what she felt like doing.

Joblessness does not necessarily mean idleness

If I was your mirror, you would look for me more, than you do me.

If during the day, a person did not do anything about his purpose and calling, he did nothing at all

God does not require from you empty words or idle conversations

There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.

It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

The trouble with people nowadays is they don't know how to do nothing.

We haven't remained idle, twiddling our thumbs while you were off having a good time.