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Quotes About Rest

Pero cuando los espíritus están agobiados, huyen todos los apetitos.
~ Margaret George
Silence is the language of inertia.
~ Margaret Heffernan
When you lie down on your bed to sleep, remember with thanksgiving the blessings and the providence of God.
~ Anthony the Great
This way of seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of heart, and, more than that, a gayety of spirit, that is unspeakable.
~ Hannah Whitall Smith
Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labor when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.
~ Alexander Pope
I took a lot of time off after Mobsters and although I did something I had never done before, which was to direct a play, The Laughter Epidemic, it felt like a vacation.
~ Christian Slater
With three work days a week, we would have more time to relax; for quality of life.
~ Carlos Slim
They say you waste time asleep, but I'm just trying to dream.
~ Mac Miller
If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next.
~ St. Jerome
I lay in my dressing room after being in make-up waiting to go on. They knew I was feeling pretty rotten and they tried to give me time to rest. But I couldn't sleep. I couldn't do anything.
~ Dick York
Every once in a while you must go to cash, take a break, take a vacation. Don't try to play the market all the time. It can't be done, too tough on the emotions.
~ Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Avoid the temptation to work so hard that there is no time left for serious thinking.
~ Francis Crick
Never waste any time you can spend sleeping.
~ Frank H. Knight
You'll have time to rest when you're dead.
~ Robert De Niro
To be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.
~ George Soros
Since I'm always working, my best holiday memories are definitely when I can just go home and spend time with my family.
~ Chris Brown
The old saying is: 'Time off is a wrestler's worst enemy.'
~ Ric Flair
Consciousness: That annoying time between naps
~ Steven Wright
I believe that summer is our time, a time for the people, and that no politician should be allowed to speak to us during the summer. They can start talking again after Labor Day.
~ Lewis Black
I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time.
~ Rowan Atkinson
Ninety nine percent of the time it's not urgent and to create a culture where you are constantly plugged in and expected to be always-on is to create a culture of burnout.
~ Arianna Huffington
Perhaps we've time to have a look at the Number Thirty-One bus queue before we turn in.
~ Calvin Trillin
Sleep is like a drug. Take too much at a time and it makes you dopey. You lose time and opportunities.
~ Thomas A. Edison
For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.
~ Doug Larsen