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"One who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intelligent among men." »Bhagavad Gita
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"Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction." »Carl Weick
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"Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect." »Leonardo DaVinci
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"A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury." »John Stuart Mill
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"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted the indifference of those who should have known better the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most that has made it possible for evil to triumph." »Haile Selassie
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"Iron rusts from disuse water loses its purity from stagnation and in cold weather becomes frozen even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind." »Leonardo DaVinci
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"Iron rusts from disue; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind." »Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks
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"Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind." »Leonardo da Vinci
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"Man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction." »Dr. Jose P. Rizal
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"inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy." »Dale Carnegie
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"There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction." »John F. Kennedy
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"On action alone be thy interest, Never on its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be thy motive, Nor be thy attachment to inaction." »Bhagavad Gita
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"On action alone be thy interest,
Never on its fruits.
Let not the fruits of action be thy motive,
Nor be thy attachment to inaction." »Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2
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"Acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. I am not saying you can't change the world, right wrongs, or replace evil with good. Acceptance is, in fact, the first step to successful action. If you don't fully accept a situation precisely the way it is, you will have difficulty changing it. Moreover, if you don't fully accept the situation, you will never really know if the situation should be changed." »Peter McWilliams
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"The three fundamental Rules of Robotics...One: a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm...Two:..a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law...Three: a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First and Second Laws." »Isaac Asimov
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"One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm;
Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws." »Isaac Asimov, Laws of Robotics from I. Robot, 1950
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"One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws." »Isaac Asimov
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