Inaction Quotes

156 Inaction quotes by 134 unique authors

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. — Norman Vincent Peale
Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm. — Harriet Beecher Stowe
Action is about living fully. Inaction is the way that we deny life. Inaction is sitting in front of the television every day for years… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
For us to ignore by inaction the slaughter of American civilians and American soldiers, whether in nightclubs or airline terminals, is simply not in the… — Ronald Reagan
We have to remind ourselves that we are not the transitory body, we are not the person who is having experiences, we are not affected… — Frederick Lenz
Contentment is never the outcome of fulfillment, of achievement, or of the possession of things; it is not born of action or inaction. It comes… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't… — Bill Gates
Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake. — Meister Eckhart
The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the… — Tim Holden
Action cures fear, inaction creates terror. — Douglas Horton
There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. — John F. Kennedy
A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to… — John Stuart Mill
Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take… — Norman Vincent Peale
Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction. — Will Rogers
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
You cannot give up on the American dream. We cannot allow our fears and our disappointments to lead us into silence and into inaction. — Marco Rubio
Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all. — Charles Schumer
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of… — Haile Selassie
Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. — Leonardo da Vinci

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