Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore RooseveltMots clés fear wisdom risk timidity decisiveness inaction just-do-it
Mots clés courage timidity inaction just-do-it
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.
Winston S. ChurchillBut the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.
Jim ButcherMots clés life inaction cowardice harry-dresden molly-carpenter
You are where you are right now because of the actions you've taken, or maybe, the inaction you've taken.
Steve MaraboliMots clés motivational life success action inaction
If he acts, if he doesn't, it's meaningless. The whole thing goes forward. No one is important. No one at all.
Jesse BallMots clés life action inaction
Stagnation is self-abdication.
Ryan TalbotMots clés progress self-esteem self-worth inaction stagnation self-abdication
Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.
Howard ZinnMots clés fear pessimism inaction self-fulfilling-prophecy
Count Ayakura’s abstraction persisted. He believed that only a vulgar mentality was willing to acknowledge the possibility of catastrophe. He felt that taking naps was much more beneficial than confronting catastrophes. However precipitous the future might seem, he learned from the game of kemari that the ball must always come down. There was no call for consternation. Grief and rage, along with other outbursts of passion, were mistakes easily committed by a mind lacking in refinement. And the Count was certainly not a man who lacked refinement.
Just let matters slide. How much better to accept each sweet drop of the honey that was Time, than to stoop to the vulgarity latent in every decision. However grave the matter at hand might be, if one neglected it for long enough, the act of neglect itself would begin to affect the situation, and someone else would emerge as an ally. Such was Count Ayakura’s version of political theory.
Mots clés acceptance indifference elegance inaction japan passivity refinement
It's when the 'international community' expresses 'concern' about your 'situation' that your situation is well and truly fucked.
Michael D. WeissMots clés politics war cynicism inaction twitter syria geopolitics international-community syrian-civil-war
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