Inaction

(534 votes)   Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Confucius
BC 551-479, Chinese Ethical Teacher, Philosopher

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(346 votes)   How long will they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?

Bob Marley
1945-1981, Jamaican Musician - songwriter, guitarist & Activist

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(121 votes)   Solve it. Solve it quickly, solve it right or wrong. If you solve it wrong, it will come back and slap you in the face, and then you can solve it right. Lying dead in the water and doing nothing is a comfortable alternative because it is without risk, but it is an absolutely fatal way to manage a business.

Thomas J. Watson
18?-1956, American Businessman, Founder of IBM

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(103 votes)   It is following the line of least resistance that makes men and rivers crooked.

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(90 votes)   To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.

Oscar Wilde
1856-1900, British Author, Wit

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(87 votes)   The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat

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(81 votes)   Anything you do can get you fired; this includes doing nothing.

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(75 votes)   You won't skid if you stay in a rut.

Kin Hubbard
1868-1930, American Humorist, Journalist

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(74 votes)   Oh, I'm not going to do anything to them. The thought that I might will be enough to keep them going.

Chris Bowkett

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(71 votes)   A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Spirit. Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value.

Friedrich Nietzsche
1844-1900, German Philosopher

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(65 votes)   My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still.

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(63 votes)   One of the best lessons children learn through video games is standing still will get them killed quicker than anything else.

Jinx Milea

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(63 votes)   Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

Zen Saying

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(54 votes)   There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.

Trammell Crow

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(49 votes)   Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you cannot quit and rest.

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