116 Quotes About Inaction

I rarely regret my action but I often regret my inaction.

There was a certain wisdom in doing little, when one was obliged to act in ignorance.

We are the sum of our actions, and of our inactions, yes, that is easy enough to understand. What comes harder is finding ourselves the sum of our emotions, which flicker, altered by experience, by the things we cannot bear to tell ourselves, by the trouble we accrue, the flattening and tamping down as we learn how not to be hurt. As we learn protection and the easiest means of protection.

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.

I am sure you have heard it before – “one should live with no regrets”. It is obvious that no one wants to have regrets.But in my opinion – it is not possible. As a normal human being, we all will have some kind of regrets in life.

So I waited. Then I got used to waiting. Eventually, waiting was more real than what we had.

If we accept the Greek’s definition of the idiot as an altogether private man, then we must conclude that many citizens of many societies are indeed idiots.

You may not have a clue of what lies ahead, but it’s better to act on life than simply let life act on you.

Sometimes the best way to learn a lesson isn't just hearing the words, but putting it into practice by experimenting with it and finding its truth for yourself instead of taking someone else’s word for it.