Sloth Quotes

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.

Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.

Nothing irritates me more than chronic laziness in others. Mind you, it's only mental sloth I object to. Physical sloth can be heavenly.

The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that we do, that is sinful... or fun for that matter.

Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another.

Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.

Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.

My background is degradation and sloth, mostly.