Quotes of: Inaction Keyword

Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency.

George C. Marshall

Our actions - and inaction - touch people we may never know and never meet across the globe.

Jacqueline Novogratz

A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.

Ambrose Bierce

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

Leonardo da Vinci

We cannot allow our fears and our disappointments to lead us into silence and into inaction. Because this country that God has blessed us with, it is worth fighting for.

Marco Rubio

Politicians who lack the vision to lead the community on big issues like public transport often hide their inaction by blaming other levels of government when anyone complains.

Anthony Albanese

Periods of inactivity, I don't know such things. I'm consistently writing. My life is busy. It always is. There are hardly any moments for self-indulgent laziness.

John Lydon

The only thing between you and success is your thinking. Defeatist thoughts are the mother of inaction.

Iimani David

The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction.

Tim Holden

Fear was the worst evil ever to plague a man, for with it came hesitation and with that, inaction, failure, death.

Cephrael's Hand

Inaction is no longer acceptable.

The Collaboration Economy: How to Meet Business, Social, and Environmental Needs and Gain Competitive Advantage

That level of responsibility drastically conflicts with my belief in self-preservation by inactivity.

I Am Become Zombie

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

On Liberty

You are where you are right now because of the actions you've taken, or maybe, the inaction you've taken.

Life, the Truth, and Being Free

As compassionate beings, we cannot harm others, not even through our inaction.

Pagan Standard Times: Essays on the Craft

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction.

Nicholas D. Kristof

The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy.

Michael Bloomberg

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inactions, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury

John Mills

Krishna taught in the Bhadavad Gita: ‘karmanyeva-adhikaraste ma phalesu kadachana’, which means, ‘Be active, never be inactive, and don’t react to the outcome of the work.

Buddhist Scriptures

It requires a certain kind of bravery, I suppose, to choose the status quo. There's a certain boldness to inaction.

The Age of Miracles

Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.

The Art of War