Stagnation Quotes

99 Stagnation quotes by 85 unique authors

What is the difference between a living thing and a dead thing? In the medical world, a clinical definition of death is a body that… — Leonard Sweet
Stagnation is death. If you don't change, you die. It's that simple. It's that scary. — Leonard Sweet
If you take your last album & try to copy it, then thats sure to hell the way to stagnation. And that makes me bored...and… — Joe Perry
When we succumb to believing that we are victims of our circumstances and yield to the plight of determinism, we lose hope, we lose drive,… — Stephen Covey
Starving the future to feed the present is a mistake - it leads to obsolescence and stagnation. Sometimes it is hard to make this understood. — Burton Richter
Gotta keep moving; can't stop; stagnation kills. — Lisa Mangum
Politically, the goal of today’s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically , the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically , it is the erosion of… — Ayn Rand
Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the other death. — Ernestine Rose
Our souls do not like stagnation. Our souls aspire toward growth, that is, toward remembering all that we have forgotten due to our trip to… — Malidoma Patrice Some
If perfection is stagnation, then Heaven is a swamp. — Richard Bach
Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man… — Eric Hoffer
Deflation and secular stagnation are the risks of our time. — Lawrence Summers
Anytime that knowledge and a version of the truth are considered to be absolute, fundamentalism is the result, whether the arena is Christianity, Islam, Judaism,… — Carlton Pearson
If one wants to be active, one must not be afraid of going wrong, one must not be afraid of making mistakes now and then.… — Vincent Van Gogh
Intuitive guidance means having the self-esteem to recognize that the discomfort or confusion that a person feels is actually directing him to take charge of… — Caroline Myss
Most of us know exactly what it is that creates the pain, confusion, stagnation and disruption in our lives. When we find something or someone… — Iyanla Vanzant
The antidote to stagnation is innovation. — Robin Sharma
You have choice. You can select joy over despair. You can select happiness over tears. You can select action over apathy. You can select growth… — Leo Buscaglia
Inspiration without perspiration leads to frustration and stagnation. — Bill Bright
Without hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation. So we must help time and realize that the time… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Every period ruled by mystics was an era of stagnation and want, when most men were on strike against existence, — Ayn Rand
The art of the novel, however, has fallen into such a state of stagnation - a lassitude acknowledged and discussed by the whole of critical… — Alain Robbe-Grillet
I learned that the richness of life is found in adventure. . . . It develops self-reliance and independence. Life then teems with excitement. There… — William O. Douglas
I've seen it around the world, in the poorest countries and in countries riven with conflict, It is women who are the key to breaking… — Queen Noor of Jordan
That path leads ever down into stagnation. — Frank Herbert

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