Anatole France Quotes

To work is simple enough; but to rest, there is the difficulty.

Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.

Locke, whom there is no reason to suspect of being a favorer of idleness or libertinism, has advanced that whoever hopes to employ any part of his time with efficacy and vigor must allow some of it to pass with trifles.

Busy work brings after ease; Ease brings sport and sport brings rest; For young and old, of all degrees, The mingled lot is best.

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

Moderation is the key so I work certain amount of time and then I take a certain amount of time off.

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.

If I'm going to play without any rest I might as well not play at all. I rest a lot but I work a lot too.

From labor there shall come forth rest.

To play so as to be relaxed and refreshed for work is not to play, and no work is well and finely done unless it, too, is a form of play.

Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.

Life is a balance between rest and movement.

Work hard, play hard.

Rest and activity are the steps of progress.

And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as conceivable.

Bowmen bend their bows when they wish to shoot: unbrace them when the shooting is over. Were they kept always strung they would break and fail the archer in time of need. So it is with men. If they give themselves constantly to serious work, and never indulge awhile in pastime or sport, they lose their senses and become mad.

When I'm on vacation here in the States, I can do all kinds of stuff; I can train and keep busy.

I tell my staff, 'Give me your best, and then go home and live your life.' I've never asked anyone to work harder, but I've told plenty that they needed rest.

Somebody said the key to life is to work hard, play hard, rest hard, and I've pretty much adopted that.

I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.

I'm not a fan of idleness, except in small doses.

Don't get me wrong - I like to rest a little bit. But I don't do well with downtime.

I work hard and I play hard, too. There is nothing wrong with that.

Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.