Passively Quotes

78 quotes by 70 authors

Alyosha's heart could not bear uncertainty, for the nature of his love was always active. He could not love passively; once he loved, he immediately… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
We are on a perilous margin when we begin to look passively at our future selves, and see our own figures led with dull consent… — George Eliot
...though she had not had the strength to shake off the spell that bound her to him she had lost all spontaneity of feeling, and… — Edith Wharton
In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy. — Matt Taibbi
We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live… — Bill Watterson
Conformityâ€”the natural instinct to passively yield to that vague something recognized as authority. — Mark Twain
Instead of reality being passively recorded by the brain, it is actively constructed by it. — David Eagleman
When a man, however passively, becomes an obstacle to the fulfillment of a woman's desires, he becomes an odious thing in her eyes, - or… — Theodore Dreiser
Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience. The… — Leo Tolstoy
A person's looking for a simple truth to live by, there it is. CHOICE. To refuse to passively accept what we've been handed by nature… — Tom Robbins
Patience does not mean to passively endure. It means to be farsighted enough to trust the end result of a process. What does patience mean?… — Elif Safak
Psychologists usually offer three explanations for the failure of group brainstorming. The first is social loafing: in a group, some individuals tend to sit back… — Susan Cain
Since changes are going on anyway, the great thing is to learn enough about them so that we will be able to lay hold of… — John Dewey
A culture is like an immune system. It operates through the laws of systems, just like a body. If a body has an infection, the… — Henry Cloud
It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active… — James Weldon Johnson
I still like to get carried away - but passively. — Robert Plant
To passively get up and play a bunch of old songs wouldn't have really motivated us. So we are bringing the new material into the… — Andy Taylor
Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience. — Nateman

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