The hardest work is to go idle.
Yiddish Proverb

Idleness is the beginning of all vices.
Proverb

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it.
John Lubbock

Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle.
E.V. Lucas

The only thing wrong with doing nothing is that you never know when you’re finished.
Author Unknown

Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
St. Jerome

Hunger is not the worst feature of unemployment; idleness is.
William E. Barrett

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
Samuel Johnson

All man’s troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room.
Blaise Pascal

Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind.
Henry Ford

Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.
Voltaire