Quotes About Relaxation

August 15 is National Relaxation Day

In 1985, nine-year-old Sean Moeller of Michigan decided a holiday that encourages everyone to relax was a good idea, so National Relaxation Day was born. It’s definitely beneficial to take the time out to relax as much as possible, so these quotes are dedicated to the art of relaxation.

1. “Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.” -William S. Burroughs 2. “Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.” -Jane Austen

3. “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

4. “Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” -Chinese Proverb

5. “The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” -Sydney J. Harris

6. “Relax! Life is beautiful!” -David L. Wolper

7. “A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.” -Anonymous

8. “The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.” -Seneca 9. “The gift of relaxation is always a welcomed one.” -Erica Corsano

10. “We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.” -Thich Nhat Hanh 11. “If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.” -Amit Ray

12. “Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body.” -Norman Vincent Peale 13. “He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul’s estate.” -Henry David Thoreau

14. “We need relaxation because we cannot work continuously. Relaxation, then, is not an end; for it is taken for the sake of activity.” -Aristotle

15. “Take charge of your schedule. Make time for reflection and relaxation.” -Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

16. “Art raises its head where creeds relax.” -Friedrich Nietzsche 17. “It’s a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.” -Paulo Coelho

18. “Relaxation renews exertion.” -St. Bonaventure 19. “Each of us, when our day’s work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster á la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.” -O. Henry

20. “If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.” -Herodotus

21. “To look back is to relax one’s vigil.” -Bette Davis 22. “Doing something positive will help turn your mood around. When you smile, your body relaxes. When you experience human touch and interaction, it eases tension in your body.” -Simone Elkeles

23. “Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” -Ovid 24. “The paradox of relaxation is the renewal of mind; rekindle of spirit and revitalize of strength.” -Lailah Gifty Akita

25. “Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.” -A. A. Milne

26. “Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.” -Thomas Aquinas 27. “Just breathing can be such a luxury sometimes.” -Walter Kirn

28. “Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.” -Natalie Goldberg 29. “Relaxation is at times allowable; but we must enjoy it as we do sleep and other kinds of repose, when we have performed the weighty and important affairs of business.” -Cicero

30. “To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.” -Jane Austen

31. “I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.” -Gene Kelly 32. “Work. Don’t Think. Relax.” -Ray Bradbury

33. “Sometimes it’s important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it’s essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down the rainbow.” -Douglas Pagels

34. “There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them.” -Sylvia Plath

35. “For fast-acting relief try slowing down.” -Lily Tomlin

36. “Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.” -Anatole France

37. “How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward.” -Spanish Proverb 38. “Relaxation is often taught as a mechanical health chore, something done at the clinic (yoga center, gym, health class) and left behind….I suggest that relaxation can be much more, a journey into inner space with potential for adventure and discovery.” -Jonathan C. Smith

39. “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” -William James

40. “A holiday is when you celebrate something that’s all finished up.” -Abraham Polonsky 41. “I can’t relax. I find vacations problematic.” -John Oliver 42. “I think best in a hot bath, with my head tilted back and my feet up high.” -Elizabeth Jane Howard

43. “I relax my body completely, relax my mind completely, and then imagine myself at a level where anything can happen.” -Richard Bach 44. “Rest and your energy will be restored.” -Lailah Gifty Akita

45. “There is more to life than increasing its speed.” -Mahatma Gandhi

46. “There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book, and a tired man who wants a book to read.” -G.K. Chesteron

47. “The ability to relax and be mindfully present in the moment comes naturally when we are grateful.” -Louise Hay 48. “Relaxation is a physical and moral necessity; animals, even to the simplest and dullest, have their pastimes, their sports, their diversions. The toil-worn artisan, stooping and straining over his daily task, which taxes eye and brain and limb, ought to have opportunity and means for an hour or two of relaxation after that task is concluded.” -Horace Greeley

49. “Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.” -Robert J. Sawyer

50. “Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.” -Mark Black

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