Top 1200 Leisure Activities Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

Nothing excellent can be done without leisure.

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure.

Leisure time is when I'm not at the Booth Theater.

Marry in haste, repent in leisure.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

Many a scientist has patiently designed experiments for the purpose of substantiating his belief that animal operations are motivated by no purposes. He has perhaps spent his spare time in writing articles to prove that human beings are as other animals so that 'purpose' is a category irrelevant for the explanation of their bodily activities, his own activities included. Scientists animated by the purpose of proving that they are purposeless constitute an interesting subject for study.

Sunday, the day for the language of leisure.

Not all activities are equal in this regard. Those that involve genuine concentration—studying a musical instrument, playing board games, reading, and dancing—are associated with a lower risk for dementia. Dancing, which requires learning new moves, is both physically and mentally challenging and requires much concentration. Less intense activities, such as bowling, babysitting, and golfing, are not associated with a reduced incidence of Alzheimer’s. (254)

A wedding in haste is worth two at leisure.

I want leisure to read—an immense amount.

A heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathise

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

... acquired tastes are the mark of the man of leisure.

Traditional education focuses on teaching, not learning. It incorrectly assumes that for every ounce of teaching there is an ounce of learning by those who are taught. However, most of what we learn before, during, and after attending schools is learned without its being taught to us. A child learns such fundamental things as how to walk, talk, eat, dress, and so on without being taught these things. Adults learn most of what they use at work or at leisure while at work or leisure. Most of what is taught in classroom settings is forgotten, and much or what is remembered is irrelevant.

The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.

We work to earn our leisure.

Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.

Guests are the delight of leisure, and the solace of ennui.

Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

The first principle of all action is leisure.

Who has more leisure than a worm?

Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

Leisure can be one of the Mothers of Philosophy.

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

What was more needed by this old man who divided the leisure hours of his life, where he had so little leisure, between gardening in the daytime, and contemplation at night? Was not this narrow enclosure, with the sky for a background, enough to enable him to adore God in his most beautiful as well as in his most sublime works? Indeed, is not that all, and what more can be desired? A little garden to walk, and immensity to reflect upon. At his feet something to cultivate and gather; above his head something to study and meditate upon: a few flowers on the earth, and all the stars in the sky.

The ultimate aim of politics is not politics, but the activities which can be practised within the political framework of the State. Therefore an effective statement of these activities - e.g. science, art, religion - is in itself a declaration of ultimate aims around which the political means will crystallise... a society with no values outside of politics is a machine carrying its human cargo, with no purpose in its institutions reflecting their care, eternal aspirations, loneliness, need for love.

Publish in haste and repent at leisure.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

Leisure unmasks our weaknesses.

We seldom enjoy leisure we haven't earned.

Love is the natural occupation of the man of leisure.

Small leisure have the poor for grief.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

The average are addicted to leisure. The exceptional are obsessed with learning.

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.

A life of complete leisure is the hardest work of all.

Jupiter has no leisure to attend to little things.

If the government is to try and ban private consumption of alcohol and tobacco, it must surely ban such activities as hang-gliding, skiing, rock-climbing and so on. Where should it stop? Rugby? American Football? Ice Hockey? Insofar as the government has information not generally available about the merits or demerits of the items we ingest or the activities we engage in, let it give us the information. But let it leave us free to choose what chances we want to take with our own lives.

Leisure, not work, should be our primary goal.

My central claim is that we become like Christ by doing one thing-by following Him in the overall style of life He chose for Himself. If we have faith in Christ, we must believe that He knew how to live. We can, through faith and grace, become like Christ by practicing the types of activities He engaged in, by arranging our whole lives around the activities He Himself practiced in order to remain constantly at home in the fellowship of the Father.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

There is no leisure about politics.

Chaos is the penance for leisure.

It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.

My, how beautiful is war! its songs, its leisure!

Literature is, in fact, the fruit of leisure.

Who wooed in haste, and means to wed at leisure.

Leisure is the time for doing something useful.

If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure.

Cultivated leisure is the aim of man.

The soul is dyed by the color of its leisure hours.

Leisure with dignity.

Loafing" is easy, but "leisure" is difficult.

The poor and the busy have no leisure for sentimental sorrow.

There can be no high civilization where there is not ample leisure.

It's weird to have leisure - to have time off. I'm not used to it.