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Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb
Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb
The biggest sin is sitting on your ass.
The biggest sin is sitting on your ass.
A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something.
A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something.
It's better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all.
It's better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all.
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.
The most ominous of fallacies--the belief that things can be kept static by inaction.
The most ominous of fallacies--the belief that things can be kept static by inaction.
There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.
There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.
Inaction may be the biggest form of action.
Inaction may be the biggest form of action.
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.