Leisure Quotes

"What the banker sighs for, the meanest clown may have, - leisure and a quiet mind"

"Cultivated leisure is the aim of man."

"Leisure may be defined as free activity, labor as compulsory activity. Leisure does what it likes, labor does what it must, the compulsion being that of Nature, which in these latitudes leaves men no choice between labor and starvation."

"He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate."

"It is most important that we should keep in this country a certain leisured class. I am of the opinion of the ancient Jewish book which says ''there is no wisdom without leisure.''"

"Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use."

"A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars. What are threescore years and ten hurriedly and coarsely lived to moments of divine leisure in which your life is coincident with the life of the universe?"

"The rich mind lies in the sun and sleeps, and is Nature."

"Marry in haste, and repent at leisure."

"Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure."

"I must confess that I am interested in leisure in the same way that a poor man is interested in money"

"Leisure time should be an occasion for deep purpose to throb and for ideas to ferment. Where a man allows leisure to slip without some creative use, he has forfeited a bit of happiness."

"No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure."

"Even retirees who like retirement often want to keep active and involved. They want a blend of work and leisure, and that often means owning a manager-run unit."

"It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self."

"The tunnel is the problem. For people to come and go at their leisure would be ideal."

"The airlines' financial woes are not being caused by lack of leisure travelers,"

"When you like your work every day is a holiday."

"I expect that leisure fares (for the major carriers) could go up 15 or 20 percent."

"There seems to be a big division between competitive and leisure interests, because if those two groups disagree we won't get 60 percent [of the voters]."