Quotes about Inaction

Sometimes my sin is not what I do; it also describes what I don't do when I know I should.

He did nothing, but he looked on as few other men could have done.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

She did not know why she could not move. It was as in a dream when the heart strains and the body cannot stir.

Twas doing nothing was his curse. Is there a vice can plague us worse?

Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly.

The honest ratepayer and his healthy family have no doubt often mocked at the dome-like forehead of the philosopher, and laughed over the strange perspective of the landscape that lies beneath him. If they really knew who he was, they would tremble. For Chuang TsÇ" spent his life in preaching the great creed of Inaction, and in pointing out the uselessness of all things.

Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.

We have all read the golden rule and the Sermon on the Mount. Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.

You can replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you can replace inaction with action, and you can form any habit you choose. Your thoughts are the only thing in life that you can completely control—if you choose to do so. You can control your thoughts to control your habits.

The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and, in the long run, the less he will be able to feel.

There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.