Quotes About Leisure

All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast. 

André Maurois

It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self. 

Agnes Repplier

To the art of working well a civilized race would add the art of playing well. 

George Santayana

Leisure tends to corrupt, and absolute leisure corrupts absolutely. 

Edgar A. Shoaff

Leisure:  A fancy word for people who don't want to admit they're bored. 

Gene Perret

We all need empty hours in our lives or we will have no time to create or dream.  

Robert Coles

Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention. 

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Fun is about as good a habit as there is. 

Jimmy Buffet

I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.  

Comte de Mirabeau

 Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father. 

Roger von Oech