Quotes About Inaction

Having precise ideas often leads to a man doing nothing.

A dead man cannot bite.

The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it.

They wouldn't have

The user interface is so easy to use, I can't do anything.

that the problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you're finished.

The biggest threat to Western civilization is posed not by other civilizations, but by our own pusillanimity — and by the historical ignorance that feeds it.

If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back.

I've been dead over seventy years and still when I hear a woman scream, I find myself standing, listening, wanting to help and unable to do anything except watch.

What had he done to try to save himself? Nothing. He'd done nothing. He'd let fate decide, closing his eyes and giving himself up to the judgment of the universe.

A wall is a defense of a country that values inaction. But a wall imprisons the people of a country as much as it protects them. That's why Balthasar had us go this way. He wanted me to see the error in the Tao. One can't be free without action.

A wall is the defense of a country that values inaction. But a wall imprisons the people of a country as much as it protects them.

No, inaction. Contemplation. Steadiness. Conservatism. A wall is the defense of a country that values inaction. But a wall imprisons the people of a country as much as it protects them. That's why Balthasar had us go this way. He wanted me to see the error in the Tao. One can't be free without action.

I didn't do anything. I didn't move a thing, I didn't touch a thing, I didn't change a thing. Believers do everything.

inaction. Contemplation. Steadiness. Conservatism. A wall is the defense of a country that values inaction. But a wall imprisons the people of a country as much as it protects them. That's why Balthasar had us go this way. He wanted me to see the error in the Tao. One can't be free without action.

inaction. Contemplation. Steadiness. Conservatism. A wall is the defense of a country that values inaction. But a wall imprisons the people of a country as much as it protects them.

What does the Tao value above all else?" "Compassion? Those other two jewel things?" "No, inaction. Contemplation. Steadiness. Conservatism. A wall is the defense of a country that values inaction. But a wall imprisons the people of a country as much as it protects them. That's why Balthasar had us go this way. He wanted me to see the error in the Tao. One can't be free without action.

It always seems easier to do nothing, when the harm is don elsewhere," Dakon said. "They know their young ones will either learn a lesson and limp home – or die and stop being a problem – or prove successful. The worst that could happen is a bit of a diplomatic hiccup in history.

Of course. But how can I let her believe it's all right to do nothing in times such as these?

we are only responsible for the things we do—or fail to do—ourselves.

Questo è proprio il tuo modo di evitare le cose. Non si può non fare nulla perché si ha paura di restare feriti.»

Noch nie hat die Demokratie so prompt reagiert, wie wenn es sich darum handelt, etwas gegen die Diktatur nicht zu tun.

And it's not the thing you do, dear, It's the thing you leave undone, Which gives you the bitter heartache, At the setting of the sun. ADELAIDE PROCTOR

And others were born to... what? To stand in the crowd and do nothing, try nothing, say nothing, and accept every serving of bitter nothing as their due?