Action Alone

“Your authority is in action alone, and never in its fruits; motive should never be in the fruits of action, nor should you cling to inaction.”
--Krishna

Evil Injury

“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

Inaction Saps

“Inaction saps the vigor of the mind.”
--Leonardo da Vinci

Inaction Breeds

“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

Take Action

“Take action. Success is not guaranteed, but inaction will guarantee failure.”
--Ken Poirot

Sap the Vigor

“Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.”
--Leonardo da Vinci

Curse of Inaction

“Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.”
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Action Restores

“Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.”
--Norman Vincent Peale