Quotes About Rest

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read.

You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.

She sleeps; she sleeps. And when she sleeps, she dreams. And when she dreams, she dreams of a girl who was lost at sea but one day found the shore.

I thought of summer as the living time; the rest of the year was the backward time, the writing time.

What's better than work?" He paused. "What's worse than work?

Ant shrugged. "What's better than work?" He paused. "What's worse than work?

Get some rest," he advised. "You're going to have to get used to staying up late." He sent her a scoundrelly wink and slipped out of the room, pulling the door shut behind him.

day, she went directly to her chaise longue and left it only

Sitting at rest know not to discuss the shortcomings of other people Setting out on a journey fully appreciate the beauty of the dragon river

In Seattle we live among the trees and the waterways, and we feel we are rocked gently in the cradle of life. Our winters are not cold and our summers are not hot and we congratulate ourselves for choosing such a spectacular place to rest our heads.

In Seattle we live among the trees and the waterways, and we feel we are rocked gently in the cradle of life. Our winters are not cold and our summers are not hot and we congratulate ourselves for choosing such a spectacular place to rest our heads and raise our chickens.

healthy, full-term babies are born with the capacity to achieve 7-8 hours of continuous nighttime sleep between seven and ten weeks of age and 10 to 12 hours of sleep by twelve weeks of age.

Take time off. Block out long weekends and long vacations, then take them. You'll be more rested, more relaxed, and more productive afterward. Everything needs rest to function better, and you're no different.

Resting is as important as working. There are a few examples of successful people who violate this, but they are not our role models. They succeed in spite of how they rest and renew—not because of it.

Willpower has a limited battery life but can be recharged with some downtime. It's a limited but renewable resource. Because you have a limited supply, each act of will creates a win-lose scenario where win ning in an immediate situation through willpower makes you more likely to lose later because you have less of it.

Soft people who frequently complain about the smallest annoyances, who give in to laziness and excess, who expect others to work so that they can rest, who collapse into passive entertainment instead of active exercise — these are souls custom-made to become all but irrelevant in kingdom warfare. They are no threat to anyone — least of all to Satan.

We don't always need a change. Sometimes, we just need a rest, and there is no better place to rest our bodies and our souls than outside.

Less can be more. Sometimes the highest form of action is inaction. Athletes require rest and recovery time.

Being the Stream Meditation is not just a rest or retreat from the turmoil of the stream or the impurity of the world. It is a way of being the stream, so that one can be at home in both the white water and the eddies. Meditation may take one out of the world, but it also puts one totally into it.

The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.

Holy angel, in Heaven blessed, My spirit longs with thee to rest

I don't really like coffee, she said, but I don't really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either.

What I'm mostly good at is sleeping, he once told me in confidence, but he added, I don't see much future in it.

What is your intuition telling you? I said & she shook her head. My intuition is telling me to go back home & take a nap, she said. —Sixth Sense