Quotes About Rest

I don't think I've ever had a vacation, to be quite honest with you.

You can say you're going to take a vacation, and you can even take the time, but you might as well not, because the book is still sitting in your head.

Taking a vacation can actually increase the likelihood of getting a raise or a promotion.

I didn't do anything productive during my break after 'Dream Girl.' I didn't even take a vacation!

I like to vegetate when on vacation given my busy schedule when I'm at work.

That always happens. I start working while on vacation.

Whenever I need a break from work, I go for a vacation.

We don't lead a social lite and when we get vacation time we spend il at home.

After a Paralympic Games, I usually take a few months off to enjoy life or go on a family vacation.

I don't really take vacations because when I'm working, it's usually in a far-flung, exotic place somewhere. But I have a farm in Australia I like to go back to when I'm at home and not working.

We take five, one-week vacations a year, and those dates are set in stone.

I don't take a lot of vacations.

I can't relax. I find vacations problematic.

I'm a huge believer in the importance of vacations for leaders, entrepreneurs, and everyone else. I work extremely hard - usually 70+ hours a week.

What would be really difficult is to be sitting on a beach. There's vacations, and there's vegetations. I don't do well vegetating.

Actually, between books is precisely when I do give myself vacations.

Mother believed that I should have an enormous amount of sleep, and so I was never really tired when I went to bed. This was the best time of day, when I could lie in the vague twilight, drifting off to sleep, making up dreams inside my head the way they should go.

Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?

It's an offseason. These days are valuable for everybody.

I clung to my Bible and prayed until I felt utterly exhausted. Mid-morning, after reading, weeping, and praying for what seemed like hours, I fell asleep. The long days and sleepless nights had taken their toll, and my body demanded some rest even if my mind fought against it.

about Mother, though she tried hard not to let it affect the rest of us.

Sustained exhaustion is not a badge of honor, it's a mark of stupidity.

Good, said Moobin. Any questions? Yes, said Tiger. Why do inflammable and flammable mean the same thing? Sorry, I should rephrase that: Any questions relating to the job at hand? There weren't. Well, said Moobin with finality, there it is, then. Rest well.

I kicked off my shoes and flopped on the sofa next to Gran, who had fallen asleep over a sock she was knitting. It was already a good twelve feet long because, she said, she had "yet to build up enough courage to turn the heel.