Lazy Quotes
All I Can Give You Is This Top 20 List :-)

There are a lot of great lazy quotes and sayings from famous people all around the world. I have just taken the time to collect my absolute favorites here.

You see, I love quotes, and even though I try to avoid being lazy myself, there's a lot to learn from these quotes.

So please gather enough energy to read through all 20 of them - it's not really that hard :-) And I can guarantee that I'll be worth it. Some are both entertaining and useful.

Lazy Quotes 1 - 10

Quote – 1

"People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them."

– Tony Robbins

Quote – 2

"I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it."

– Bill Gates

Quote – 3

"Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him."

– Benjamin Franklin

Quote – 4

"My only hobby is laziness, which naturally rules out all others."

– Granni Nazzano

Quote – 5

"The path of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked."

– Napoleon Hill

Quote – 6

"To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual."

– Oscar Wilde

Quote – 7

"Doing nothing is very hard to do... you never know when you're finished."

– Leslie Nielsen

Quote – 8

"You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone."

– Nicholas Sparks

Quote – 9

"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy."

– Milan Kundera

Quote – 10

"Working hard is great, being lazy sometimes is great, but failed potential is the worst."

– Campbell Scott

Lazy Quotes 11 - 20

Quote – 11

"Hard work pays off in the FUTURE, but laziness pays off NOW."

– Unknown Author

Quote – 12

"Fanatic is often the name given to people of action by people who are lazy."

- Bryant H. McGill

Quote – 13

"I was planning to do something today, but I haven't finished doing nothing from yesterday."

- Unknown Author

Quote – 14

"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired."

- Jules Renard

Quote – 15

"What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient."

- Bodie Thoene

Quote – 16

"The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich."

- Bible 13:4

Quote – 17

"Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."

- Albert Einstein

Quote – 18

"I feel lazy. In fact, I'm feeling lazier than the guy who drew the Japanese flag."

- Unknown Author

Quote – 19

"People who throw kisses are mighty hopelessly lazy."

- Bob Hope

Quote – 20

"You know you're lazy when get excited about cancelling plans."

- Unknown Author

Lastly, here's a modern quote about being lazy

Quote – 21

"Netflix is soo much better than going out and pretending to like people."

- Hussein Nishah

One of the quotes here that offers a great perspective is number 2, by Bill Gates. He actually sees laziness as an asset in his quest for increased simplicity.

I'm not sure I agree 100% but I definitely understand his point.


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Thanks for reading! By Matthew M. McEwan


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