Inactive Quotes

30 quotes by 27 authors

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we… — Sun Tzu
The most active lives have so much routine as to preclude progress almost equally with the most inactive. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is the just doom of laziness and gluttony to be inactive without ease and drowsy without tranquility. — Samuel Johnson
Anger is active sadness; sadness is inactive anger. They are not two things. Watch your own behaviour. When do you find yourself sad? You find… — Rajneesh
So you can see that if you direct that force at several objectives, it becomes divided, and each objective receives a fairly weak stimulus, which… — Roger McDonald
Hinduism is a relentless pursuit of Truth. "Truth is God" and if today it has become moribund, inactive, irresponsive to growth, it is because we… — Mahatma Gandhi
Be a busy person. People who are active are often much more at peace with themselves than those who are inactive and inert. — Wayne Dyer
Vulgar and inactive minds confound familiarity with knowledge, and conceive themselves informed of the whole nature of things, when they are shown their form or… — Samuel Johnson
But I was too restless to watch long; I'm too Occidental for a long vigil. I could work at a problem for years, but to… — H.G. Wells
If poly A is added to poly U, to form a double or triple helix, the combination is inactive. — Francis Crick
Cancer can be attacked directly by metabolic enzymes and then be assisted by the enzyme diet programme. The second greatest cancer breakthrough of the 20th… — Benjamin Carson
Speaking of our unkind labeling of each other with, "she is divorced, she used to be inactive, etc", asked, "Can't we get over this hardening… — Sheri L. Dew
The concept of an inactive church member is an oxymoron. Biblically, no such church member really exists. — Thom S. Rainer
Boko Haram represents the ultimate Fatwa of our time. The question is does the sect's Fatwa represent the articulated position of the majority of Muslims… — Wole Soyinka
Men need some kind of external activity, because they are inactive within. — Arthur Schopenhauer
If there were no falsehood in the world, there would be no doubt, if there were no doubt, there would be no inquiry; if no… — Walter Savage Landor
A word in a dictionary is very much like a car in a mammoth motor show - full of potential but temporarily inactive. — Anthony Burgess
When entering on new ground we must not be afraid to express even risky ideas so as to stimulate research in all directions. As Priestley… — Claude Bernard
I went on inactive duty in August 1945, and since I had stayed in such good shape and had played ball on military teams, I… — Bob Feller
There's an awful lot of inactive kindness which is nothing but laziness, not wanting any trouble, confusion, or effort. — John Steinbeck

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