Quotes about busyness

Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.

— Kin Hubbard

A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.

— Kin Hubbard

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

— Walter Savage Landor

The really idle man gets nowhere. The perpetually busy man does not get much further.

— Sir Heneage Ogilvie

The man who has nothing to do is always the busiest.

— French Proverb

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

— Henry David Thoreau

If you are pre-occupied with life and death then you aren't ready for heaven.

— Source Unknown

If you're too busy to help those around you succeed, you're too busy.

— Source Unknown