Inactivity Quotes

42 quotes by 40 authors

A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others. — Ambrose Bierce
All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable, feign incapacity; when active, inactivity. When near, make it appear that you are far away; when… — Sun Tzu
You need courage to be creative. You need the courage to see things differently, courage to go against the crowd, courage to take a different… — Jim Rohn
One of the worst forms of mental suffering is boredom, not knowing what to do with oneself and one's life. Even if man had no… — Erich Fromm
Effortlessness means not doing anything, inactivity - AKARMA. Effort means doing much, activity - KARMA. Both have to be there. Do much, but don`t be… — Rajneesh
We ought to observe that practice which is the hardest of all-especially for young physicians-we ought to throw in no medicine at all-to abstain-to observe… — John Randolph of Roanoke
Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing. — Sugar Ray Leonard
At times inactivity is preferable to mindless functioning. — Jenny Holzer
When Mr. William Faraday sat down to write his memoirs after fifty-eight years of blameless inactivity he found the work of inscribing the history of… — Margery Allingham
Pharmaceutical projects are like fresh fruit - they depreciate if they are not tended to, and they do poorly if sitting on the shelf with… — Robert Burns
Much success can be attributed to inactivity. Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell. — Warren Buffett
Wig Out At Jagbags is inspired by Cologne, Germany, Mark Von Schlegell, Rosemarie Trockel, Von Spar and Jan Lankisch, Can and Gas; Stephen-Malkmus-imagined Weezer/Chili Peppers,… — Stephen Malkmus
Two possibilities: making oneself infinitely small or being so. The second is perfection, that is to say, inactivity, the first is beginning, that is to… — Franz Kafka
Inactivity is the killer and, remember, it's never too late. — Jack LaLanne
Because of the increasing rates of obesity, unhealthy eating habits and physical inactivity, we may see the first generation that will be less healthy and… — Richard Carmona
Life though a short, is a working day. Activity may lead to evil; but inactivity cannot be led to good. — Hannah More
You see, you don't get old from age, you get old from inactivity, from not believing in something. — Jack LaLanne
...those who sit at their work and are therefore called 'chair workers,' such as cobblers and tailors, suffer from their own particular diseases ... [T]hese… — Bernardino Ramazzini
In many ways spiritual exercise is like physical exercise. If you stop exercising physically, your body may not show the results of inactivity for a… — Jim George
It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness. — Shunryu Suzuki

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