Quotes about Rest
Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
— Mark Twain
If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest.
— Corrie Ten Boom
It's not worth trading sleep for a few extra hours at the office. Not only will it make you exhausted, it'll literally make you stupid
— Jason Fried
Workaholism is a contagious disease.
— Jason Fried
The odd thing is that fear and anxiety are running away from something, but they don't know what to run to. They know danger, but they don't know where to find peace and rest.
— Edward Welch
When you know that the kingdom is God's alone (though he gives it to us), that is the only thing that can lead to peace and rest. Owners are the ones who do all the worrying; stewards simply listen to the owner's desires and work to implement them. Owners are responsible for the outcome; stewards strive to be faithful.
— Edward Welch
We aim to create our own psalms in which we (1) pour out our complaint to the Lord, (2) review God's promises and his faithfulness, (3) find our rest and comfort in Jesus, and (4) let others know that they, too, can find rest and comfort. Then, when we falter, we ask for help and do it all again.
— Edward Welch
Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no sunday, it becomes an orphan.
— Albert Schweitzer
Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work.
— Aldous Huxley
If we sleep more than is needful for the refreshment of the body, it is wasting the time with which the Lord has entrusted us as a talent, to be used for his glory, for our own benefit, and the benefit of the saints and the unbelievers around us.
— George Muller
I always try to sleep for at least eight hours a night and, of course, water, water, water!
— Jennifer Aniston
As the fire doth mount upwards, and the needle that is touched with the loadstone still turneth to the north, so the converted soul is inclined to God. Nothing else can satisfy him, nor can he find any content and rest but in his love. In a word, all that are converted do esteem and love God better than all the world; and the heavenly felicity is dearer to them than their fleshly prosperity.
— Richard Baxter