Quotes about Activity

An idle person is the devil's tennis ball, which he bandies up and down with temptation until at last the ball goes out of play.

Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

Do you smoke? Well, yes, I must admit I smoke. I'm glad to hear of it. A man should always have an occupation of some kind.

Men are born for games. Nothing else. Every child knows that play is nobler than work. He

Because, after all, like so many modern men, he was finished almost before he had begun. And that forced the woman to be active.

Live an active life among people who are doing worthwhile things, keep eyes and ears and mind and heart open to absorb truth, and then tell of the things you know, as if you know them. The world will listen, for the world loves nothing so much as real life.

Andrew Murray once said that what the church and individuals have to dread is the inordinate activity of the soul with its power of mind and will. F. B. Meyer declared that had he not known about the dividing of spirit and soul, he could not have imagined what his spiritual life would have been. Many others, such as Otto Stockmayer, Jessie Penn-Lewis, Evan Roberts, Madame Guyon, have given the same testimony.

Prayer is beyond any question the highest activity of the human soul. Man is at his greatest and highest when upon his knees he comes face to face with God.

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

To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.

Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.

There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work.