Who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure
- William ShakespeareLeisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never
- Benjamin FranklinAll intellectual improvement arises from leisure
- Samuel JohnsonLeisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such as occurs when we let our minds rest on a rosebud, a child at play, a Divine mystery, or a waterfall.
- Fulton J. SheenLeisure is the handmaiden of the devil.
- Branch RickeyI need so much time for doing nothing that I have no time for work.
- Pierre ReverdyLeisure is the Mother of Philosophy.
- Thomas Hobbes