Inaction Quotes

156 Inaction quotes by 134 unique authors

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. — William Arthur Ward
Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre. — Albert Camus
Inaction counted as a choice. — Dean Koontz
Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work. — Cesar Chavez
A person who cannot imagine the future is a person who cannot contemplate the results of his actions. Some are thus paralyzed into inaction. — Alan Lightman
Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment,… — Barack Obama
So she became impulsive, scared by her inaction into perpetual action. When the Eagle confronted her with the expulsion, maybe she blurted out Marya's name… — John Green
To live strikes me as a metaphysical mistake of matter, a dereliction of inaction. — Fernando Pessoa
But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything. — Jim Butcher
In a critical sense, doing nothing can mean doing something. Inaction can be action and embracing this paradox can save your life. — Ben Sherwood
The Three Laws of Robotics: 1: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm;… — Isaac Asimov
Inaction will cause a man to sink into the slough of despond and vanish without a trace. — Farley Mowat
So she became impulsive, scared by her inaction into perpetual action. — John Green
Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine â€• that is, activity â€• which could solve it, is seen as odious. Archery?… — Margaret George
All choices are fraught with peril, but inaction is the most perilous of all. — Allan Frewin Jones
[...] endless action and reaction. Those beautifully rounded pebbles which you gather on the sand and which you hold in your hand and marvel at… — Frederick Douglass
It is easy to use the phrase 'God's will for my life' as an excuse for inaction or even disobedience. ... My hope is that… — Francis Chan
People are fond of using the its not what you know, its who you know adage as an excuse for inaction, as if all successful… — Tim Ferriss
The honest ratepayer and his healthy family have no doubt often mocked at the dome-like forehead of the philosopher, and laughed over the strange perspective… — Oscar Wilde

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