Stagnation is self-abdication.

— Ryan Talbot

Take full responsibility of yourself, of your actions and of your inaction. It is only when you can truly and honestly face yourself that you can make any changes for the better. If you had a hand in it then you also have a hand in what you do going forward. Act on what you can do. Don't fret or stress over that which you can't control. Don't assign your responsibility as blame to others. Don't allow others to assign their responsibility as blame on to you. Be fair with yourself and others. Focus on positive momentum. Don't speak cruelly to yourself. Don't berate yourself. What is done. Focus instead on what you can do now, at this moment, moving forward. Empower yourself into change and betterment. It is up to you to advocate for your highest potential. That is the work you must do.

— Akiroq Brost

Talk without the support of action means nothing.

— DaShanne Stokes

The breeding ground of fear is procrastination and inaction. We overcome them not by preparation, but by taking action.

— Debasish Mridha

The Leadership Seduction of storytelling invites self-pity, exaggerates one's importance, and encourages inaction.

— Catherine Robinson-Walker

The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.

— Theodore Roosevelt

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

There was certain wisdom in doing little, when one was obliged to act in ignorance.

— C.J. Cherryh

The simple act of sitting here sipping this cappuccino is its own testament to my commitment to living the writer’s life. Which is to say: doing nothing but doing it exceedingly well.

— Sol Luckman

The situation on Earth today is too dire for us to act from habit—to reenact again and again the same kinds of solutions that brought us to our present extremity. Where does the wisdom to act in entirely new ways come from? It comes from nowhere, from the void; it comes from inaction. When we see it, we realize it was right in front of us all along. It is never far away; yet at the same time it is in a different universe—a different Story of the World.

— Charles Eisenstein