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Sloth Quotes - Page 2

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues

Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.13, Courier Corporation

The lazy are always wanting to do something.

"Reflections and Maxims". Book by Luc de Clapiers, 1746.

Sloth, if it has prevented many crimes, has also smothered many virtues.

Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.173

Benign neglect, bordering on sloth, remains the hallmark of our investment process.

"In Soccer and Investing, Bias Is Toward Action" by Carl Richards, bucks.blogs.nytimes.com. May 13, 2013.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

Henry David Thoreau (2016). “Walden”, p.158, Xist Publishing

Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done - like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.

John Ortberg (2011). “If You Want to Walk on Water Get Out of the Boat”, p.54, ReadHowYouWant.com