#laziness

The generality of mankind is lazy. What distinguishes men of genuine achievement from the rest of us is not so much their intellectual powers and aptitudes as their curiosity, their energy, their fullest use of their potentialities. Nobody really knows how smart or talented he is until he finds the incentives to use himself to the fullest. God has given us more than we know what to do with. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#achievement #curiosity #god #laziness #potential

So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays. ↗

— N.H. Kleinbaum

#laziness #morose #tired #very #women

We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#opportunity #work #work

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#attainment #good #laziness #never #wish

There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#because #better #better place #eat #encourages

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

— Benjamin Franklin

#grave #laziness #leisure #life #sleeping

Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence. ↗

— James Cash Penney

#incompetence #last #laziness #luck #refuge

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

— Jules Renard

#get #habit #laziness #more #nothing