Inaction Quotations

Inaction may be safe, but it builds nothing.

There are many roads to prosperity, but one must be taken. Inaction leads nowhere.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

In this context, I believe it is an imperative for the new President to select and install his team as quickly as possible, and this does not imply that he must or should appoint members of the 'other' party to his Cabinet, which could contribute to inaction and inefficiency.

Surely our inaction with respect to Syria is a poor precedent if we're fighting a war on terror.

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

Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.

Inaction counted as a choice.

Inaction without more is not tantamount to choice.

Right now, I think state and local governments are frustrated with the inaction of the federal government on illegal immigration.

It is his runaway budget and trade deficits, billions spent on tax giveaways, backwards-looking energy plan designed by and for special interests, and inaction during this country's health care crisis that have created a myriad of problems for our children's generation.

Remember, it is the violation of the law, of the letter of the Con-stitution, which precipitated all ofthese. Instead of blaming the opposition or any other group, they should first look at themselves in the mirror because all of these came from their own action or inaction while in office. Should it happen this time around, simply because that is what the people want, I expect her to be the very first one to understand, accept and embrace it,because she knows how it works. She used it once upon a time. And she should accept it even if its there, staring her at the face.

The one who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is a wise person.

It often takes more courage to be a passenger than a driver.

The president often says it is the responsibility of elected officials here in Washington to face today's challenges and not to pass them on to future generations. Yet it is his runaway budget and trade deficits, billions spent on tax giveaways, backwards-looking energy plan designed by and for special interests, and inaction during this country's health-care crisis that have created a myriad of problems for our children's generation.

The governor still believes it's appropriate for the federal government to take action but inaction by the president forced us to seek a minimum wage increase.

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

(Blair) was saying that one way or another inaction was not a possibility -- there has to be action of one kind or another.

Each well-born soul must win what it deserves.Let the fool prate of luck. The fortunateIs he whose earnest purpose never swerves,Whose slightest action or inaction servesThe one great aim.

The risk to this company is not just the price of oil. It is the action or inaction of the government on various issues including subsidies.

The statement leaves room for inaction in November if the data fail to thrive.

SCE has borrowed billions of dollars, which threatens the company's solvency, through eight and a half months of inaction and delay by the CPUC, in order to continue to serve its customers, ... There was no reason for the CPUC to take this action, except for reasons of publicity. This decision undermines confidence in the fairness of the decision-making process at the CPUC.

A man who sees action in inaction and inaction in action has understanding among men and discipline in all action he performs.

It seems to me that the damage that occurred (was caused) by inaction and the action of a man.

I'm taking these serious steps because of the urgency of the situation and, unfortunately, because of the total inaction and lack of resources from the federal government and Congress,

Inaction can no longer be our policy, ... To do so will ensure that Haiti is ruled by thugs and criminals.

Canadians have seen nothing other than 100 days of inaction from the government,

A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm.

The damage that occurred is a result, not an act of God, but an inaction and action of man.

The historic cost of inaction might be incalculable,

The Greenspan Fed has inaction down to a fine art. They stood by through much of the late 1990s, allowing a very beneficial reduction in unemployment without suffering any inflationary consequences. When they do have to move, they do so quickly and surgically.

The Greenspan Fed has inaction down to a fine art, ... They stood by through much of the late 1990s, allowing a very beneficial reduction in unemployment without suffering any inflationary consequences. When they do have to move, they do so quickly and surgically.

America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

My mother always told me that inaction is not an option. And neither is going it alone.

Inaction and indecision in the present is because of fear of consequences of the future.

Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.

Action always beats inaction.

We must create our own world or we will die from inaction

We constantly change the world, even by our inaction. Therefore, let us change it responsibly.

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

Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.

Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen, even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.

Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.

People can sort of put it off, and it's not confronting you day-to-day in an immediate sort of way. The consequence of inaction can be enormous, but I think it's one of those issues where until it's too late, you don't see a problem.

I never worry about action, but only about inaction

Nothing wilts faster than a laurel rested upon.

True prayer is not a prelude to inaction.