Quotes About Stagnation

A life without change is not a life; it is a stagnant pool.

In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him

There are those who would misteach us that to stick in a rut is consistency - and a virtue, and that to climb out of the rut is inconsistency - and a vice.

Every choice in life either moves you forward or keeps you stuck.

Not gold, not flowing. Standing still.

keyif duyan ki?i bulundu?u yerde tak?l?p kal?r, art?k ileriye do?ru hareket etmezdi.

IT'S NO FUN WATCHING PEOPLE WOUND THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY CAN HOLE UP, NURSE THEMSELVES BACK TO HEALTH, AND REPEAT THE CYCLE. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.

I've said it before and I'm going to say it here again, now. Nothing brilliant has ever resulted from a meeting.

The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that you're always asked to do what you've already done.

For the workers under scrutiny, mental stimulation is dulled, they decide neither the problems to be solved nor how to solve them, and there is no excitement of venturing into the unknown because the unknown is beyond the measureable.

Costs to productivity. Economists who specialize in measuring economic productivity report that in recent years the only increase in total factor productivity in the American economy has been in the information-technology-producing industries.11 A question that ought to be asked is to what extent the culture of metrics—with its costs in employee time, morale, and initiative, and its promotion of short-termism—has itself contributed to economic stagnation?

Nichts elender, als Paare zu sehen, über denen die Müdigkeit der Gewohnheit liegt. Verstaubte Liebe; der Küchengarten der Gefühle.

Amanda meant to move, but somehow her feet didn't do anything. They were like Quebec, determined to be independent.

Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere.

When there's no clear option, it's better to do nothing.

Today I am a woman torn between the terror that everything might change and the equal terror that everything might carry on exactly the same for the rest of my days. —Paulo Coelho, Adultery

People don't change, their situations change. My circumstances can improve or grow worse but it's always myself in the midst of them, unchanged in my private essence.

Both parties promote "changing Washington," but in reality they like Washington just the way it is: little gets done that they don't like, and none of our officials are truly held accountable.

In effect, the lack of a decision is the same as a negative decision; no green light is a red light, and work can stop for a whole organization.

if you're wrong, you will die. But most companies don't die because they are wrong; most die because they don't commit themselves. They fritter away their valuable resources while attempting to make a decision. The greatest danger is in Standing still

Roots are nice, but a tree can't run.

Lepiej bez celu i?? naprzód ni? bez celu sta? w miejscu, a z pewnoÅ›ciÄ… o niebo lepiej, ni? bez celu siÄ™ cofa?.

What about me?' Dandelion asked. 'What should I do?' 'The same as usual. Nothing.

He realized straight away that the conversation hadn't advanced a jot during his short absence.