Inaction Quotes

“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.”

“It is not what we do that makes us who we are. It is what we don't do that defines us.”

“Silence is a bomb. It has a time limit.”

“If you don't know what to do, don't do anything.”

“The price of doing nothing is far greater than the price of acting.”

“Dynamic inaction is a process of adjusting an organization to the status quo.”

“If you like the status quo, you're going to love the status quo.”

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

“And the sin I impute to each frustrate ghost Is, the unlit lamp and the ungirt loin.”

“A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.”

“To finger idly some old Gordian knot, unskillful with the sword to cut it.”

“To not do anything is a decision.”

“The cost of doing nothing is not nothing. The cost of doing nothing is the erosion of our democracy.”

“When a man is disinclined to move, he is most near to the gods.”

“Sometimes, the hardest thing to do is to do nothing.”

“He who does nothing can do no wrong.”

“It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.”

“When morals decline and good men do nothing, evil flourishes.”

“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”

“It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.”