I never worry about action, but only about inaction

I never worry about action, but only about inaction

What you don't do can be a destructive force.

What you don't do can be a destructive force.

Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; so does inaction sap the read more

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

Inaction, contrary for its reputation as being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.

Inaction, contrary for its reputation as being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.

There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.

There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.

There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.

There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its read more

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.

And maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things read more

And maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things you don't do.

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you read more

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.