Inspirational Quotes
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Inaction Quotes
Consequences Of InactionInactionMoral Responsibility If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
DeceptionFalse PromisesGrandiosityHypocrisyInaction Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
ActivityInactionMental VigorStagnation Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
ConsequenceInactionInitiative My grandfather once ventured upon publishing a volume of hymns. I never heard anyone speak in their favour or argue that they ought to have been sung in the congregation. In that volume, he promised a second if the first should prove acceptable. We forgive him the first collection because he did not inflict another.
Climate ResponsibilityDouble StandardsHypocrisyInaction Many people seem to have this double moral. They say one thing and then do another thing. They say that the climate crisis is very important and yet they do nothing about it.
AvoidanceInactionPoor Time ManagementProblem Solving Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.
Climate ChangeEcologyFuture WellbeingInactionSustainability Nothing is being done to stop the climate and ecological emergency from happening and to secure the future wellbeing for future generations.
ConsequenceGrowthInactionResponsibilityUniversal Truth What you don't do can be a destructive force.
ConscienceInactionPower DynamicsSilenceTyranny All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
ChallengeComfortInactionScholarVirtue A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
False ClaimsInactionLack of ClarityMisleading StatementsUnfulfilled Promises Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme.
DeceptionInactionMisrepresentationPretense The real danger is not inaction. The real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like action is happening when in fact nothing is being done.
ConscienceGuiltInactionMoralityResponsibility The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
ActionEngagementInactionObservationParticipation We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.
ActionInactionResponsibility The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
ActionDecisionInaction In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
ConsequenceInactionMoral AmbiguityPassivity The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
ActionConfidenceCourageFearInaction 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.
AdversityCynicismExcusesInaction Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.
