Standing Still Quotes

87 quotes by 81 authors

Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill. — William Cowper
Suffer me never to think that I have knowledge enough to need no teaching, wisdom enough to need no correction, talents enough to need no… — Eric Milner-White
He who is silent is forgotten; he who does not advance falls back; he who stops is overwhelmed; out distanced, crushed; he who ceases t… — Henri Frederic Amiel
The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem. — Harry Sinden
The feeling of Sunday is the same everywhere, heavy, melancholy, standing still. — Jean Rhys
Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world. — Lauren Bacall
If you are moving, even fire will not hurt you. If you are standing still near the fire, even though you are not in the… — Robert Kiyosaki
If I can hit a curveball, why can't I hit a ball that is standing still on a course? — Larry Nelson
Many a false step is made standing still. — Patti LaBelle
Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying. — Alan Arkin
In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment… — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
Sometimes when you are standing still and itâ€™s snowing, you think that you hear music. You canâ€™t tell where itâ€™s coming from either. I wondered… — Heather O'Neill
I was only seven but I remember thinking that everything in the world was standing still. — Eva Hart
It's always strange to read the things you've hoped for in the past because by now those hopes may be spoken for or gone, transformed… — Andrew McMahon
The main issue [of the Scientific Revolution] is that the people in the industrialised countries are getting richer, and those in the non-industrialised countries are… — Carrie P Snow
There was a man that hated his footprints and his shadow, so one day he thought that if he ran fast enough, his footprints and… — Benjamin Hoff
Self - development should be a perpetual process. In life you are either growing or rotting. You're moving forward or backwards; there is no standing… — Al Duncan
Don't fear moving slowly forward...fear standing still. — Katherine Harris
I move forward in my life every day, even if it's only a tiny step, because I know that great things are accomplished with tiny… — Zig Ziglar
Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished. — Mary Oliver

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