 Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good. Author: Thomas a Kempis |
| An idle life and a holy heart is a contradiction. Author: Thomas Brooks |
| Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do. Author: Isaac Watts |
| Idleness tempts the devil to tempt. Author: Thomas Watson
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury |
| I would neither have you be idle in duties - nor make an idol of duties. Author: William Secker
Source: The Consistent Christian, 1660. |
| A true faith in Jesus Christ will not suffer us to be idle. No, it is an active, lively, restless principle; it fills the heart, so that it cannot be easy till it is doing something for Jesus Christ. Author: George Whitefield |
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| There is not a thing on the face of the earth that I abhor so much as idleness or idle people. Author: George Whitefield
Source: Christian History, Issue 3. |
| Idleness gives great advantage to the tempter. Standing waters gather filth. Author: Matthew Henry
Source: Commentary, 2 Samuel 11:2. |
| The devil visits idle men with his temptations. God visits industrious men with His favors. Author: Matthew Henry
Source: Commentary, 1 Sam. 6:13. |
| In idleness there is a perpetual despair. Author: Thomas Carlyle |
| The most likely man to go to hell is the man who has nothing to do on earth. Idle people tempt the devil to tempt them. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| Idleness is the devil's best friend. It is the surest way to give him an opportunity of doing us some harm. An idle mind is like an open door, and if Satan does not come through it himself, it is certain he will throw something in to arouse bad thoughts in us. Author: J.C. Ryle
Source: The Duties of Parents. |
