Activity Quote by Thomas Carlyle

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

When mundane, lowly activities are at stake, too much insight is detrimental—far-sightedness errs in immediate concerns.

— Franz Grillparzer

What good are insights? They only make things worse.

— Raymond Carver

Sometimes inaction is worse than action.

— Dave Rubin

The mania of thinking renders one unfit for every activity.

— Anatole France

It is awfully hard work doing nothing.

— Oscar Wilde

I know of nothing that is so degenerating and so dangerous as idleness, for the brain will seek out mischief.

— Francis M. Lyman

A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.

— Marshall McLuhan

As far as I can judge, not much good can be done without disturbing something or somebody.

— Edward Blake

The only alternative seems to be doing nothing…and doing nothing, I find, rarely accomplishes anything

— Cassandra Clare

“The greatest wisdom not applied to action and behaviour is meaningless data”

— Peter F. Drucker

“An activity engaged in purely for its consequences, without any pleasure for the activity itself, is likely to be poorly executed.”

— Anonymous