Sayings about Rest
Rest breeds rust. ~ German Proverbs
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Often a branch is broken off the tree by the one who has rested in its shadow. ~ Myanmar Proverb
Restless feet may walk into a snake pit. ~ Ethiopian Proverbs
Success and rest don’t sleep together. ~ Russian Proverbs
The soul will only be at rest when it stops hoping. ~ Arabian Proverbs
I rest, therefore I rust. ~ German Proverb
Who is chasing after another must himself rest. ~ Swedish Proverbs
Fear and restlessness kill more than do illnesses. ~ French Proverbs
After lunch, rest; after dinner take a walk. ~ Arabian Proverbs
The heart at rest sees a feast in everything. ~ Indian Proverbs
Rest makes rusty. ~ Dutch Proverbs
The only sword that never rests is the tongue of a woman. ~ Armenian Proverbs
A loose tooth will not rest until it’s pulled out. ~ Ethiopian Proverbs
Nobody can rest in his own shadow. ~ Hungarian Proverbs
Where the body wants to rest, there the legs must carry it. ~ Polish Proverbs
Money and the devil know no rest. ~ Serbian Proverbs
A change is as good as a rest. ~ English Proverbs
Love is like fog — there is no mountain on which it does not rest. ~ Hawaiian Proverbs
A good rest is half the job. ~ Yugoslavian Proverb
Even the mightiest eagle comes down to the treetops to rest. ~ Ugandan Proverbs
Say no from the start; you will have rest. ~ African Proverb
The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman. ~ Mexican Proverbs
Quotations about Rest
Rest is a fine medicine ~ Thomas Carlyle
What is without periods of rest will not endure. ~ Ovid
If you rest, you rust. ~ Helen Hayes
The stars that have most glory have no rest. ~ Samuel Daniel
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. ~ William Cowper
Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest. ~ Ashleigh Brilliant
Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth. ~ Blaise Pascal
Rest when you’re weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work. ~ Ralph Marston
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls. ~ Bible
Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head. ~ Michel de Montaigne
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest. ~ Dylan Thomas
No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned. ~ Jean Paul Richter
Too much rest becomes a pain. ~ Homer
Rest is the fitting of self to its sphere. ~ John Sullivan Dwight
He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities. ~ Benjamin Franklin
It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can. Relaxing your brain is fatal. ~ Stirling Moss
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best. ~ St. Jerome
No one needs a vacation more than the person who just had one. ~ Author Unknown
Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest. ~ Francis Quarles
Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother. ~ Voltaire
Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen. ~ Leonardo Da Vinci
It’s no rest to be idle. ~ Paul Peel
The word “rest” is not in my vocabulary. ~ Horace Greeley
Rest is the sweet sauce of labor. ~ Plutarch
Sundays, quiet islands on the tossing seas of life. ~ S. W. Duffield
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time. ~ Sir John Lubbock
For too much rest becomes a pain. ~ Homer
Rest, rest, shall I have not all eternity to rest. ~ Antoine Arnauld