Quotes About Rest

Extolling the virtues of conservation of energy, Churchill advised, Never stand when you can sit, and never sit when you can lie down.

Mr Churchill, to what do you attribute your success in life? Conservation of energy. Never stand up when you can sit down. And never sit down when you can lie down.

If he trips he must be sustained. If he makes mistakes they must be covered. If he sleeps he must not be wantonly disturbed. If he is no good he must be pole-axed

change is the best kind of rest.

Dormía, corrientemente, una hora más por la mañana; me llamaban a las ocho en vez de las siete, y, si era posible, echaba una siesta de una hora después de almorzar. Esto me permitía trabajar continuamente hasta la una o las dos de la noche sin sentirme fatigado.

The fighting man shall from the sun Take warmth, and life from the growing earth; Speed with the light-foot wind to run, And with the trees to newer birth, And find when fighting shall be done, Great rest and fullness after dearth. The thundering line of battle stands, And in the air Death moans and sings; But day shall clasp him with strong hands, And night shall fold him in soft wings.' JULIAN GRENFELL. Flanders, April, 1915.

exploited to the full my happy gift of falling almost immediately into deep sleep.

On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily as lying down.

Even when God seemed to have abandoned me, he was watching. Even when he seemed indifferent to my suffering, he was watching. And when I was beyond all hope of saving, he gave me rest. Then he gave me a sign to continue my journey.

He became a champion napper.

It just isn't bearable to be fully awake.

Loafing needs no explanation and is its own excuse.

This book Is intended to be read in bed. Please do not attempt to read it anywhere else.

He was so busy that he did not even have time to think of his pipe, or the morning paper. At last, just before lunch, he found a breathing space. He sat down in the study to rest his legs, and looked for the Times. It was not in its usual place on his reading table. At that moment the puppies woke up, and he ran out to attend them. He would have been distressed if he had known that Fuji had the paper in the kitchen, and was studying the HELP WANTED columns.

Sleep is not on good terms with broken hearts. It will have nothing to do with them.

For there is nothing sweeter than his peace when at rest. For there is nothing brisker than his life when in motion.

Sometimes it pays to stay in bed on Monday, rather than spending the rest of the week debugging Monday's code.

There is the globe, The foundation of my bodily existence. It wears me out with work and duties, It gives me rest in old age, It gives me peace in death. For the on who supplied me with what I needed in life Will also give me what I need in death.

No, my friend. There is nothing for us to do. Don't you see? When He is here, we do not need to be. He is sufficient for everything!

Go to bed," he ordered. "Go to bed... and stay there.

If I didn't have a job, I might have stayed in bed until I rotted.

What it is to be a man,' she said, 'and to have days off.

On Sundays she got up early in order to have more time to do nothing.

El domingo se levantaba más temprano aún para estar más tiempo sin hacer nada. El peor momento de su vida era el fin de la tarde de ese día: caía en una meditación inquieta, el vacío del domingo estéril.