Riki Lindhome Quotes

One may sin by greed and the desire for power, but one may also sin in these matters through fear, indecision, and cowardice!

Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?

Wa-al, that reminds me of a party of Methodist parsons that was traveling in Illinois when I was a boy thar, and had a branch to cross that was pretty bad—ugly to cross, ye know, because the waters was up. And they got considerin’ and discussin’ how they should git across it, and they talked about it for two hours, and one on ‘em thought they had ought to cross one way when they got there, and another another way, and they got to quarrellin’ about it, till at last an old brother put in, and he says, says he, ‘Brethern, this here talk ain’t no use. I never cross a river until I come to it.

Weak vacillating and tardy

Really, a wedding is the first and biggest party people throw in their lifetime, so there's a lot of challenges and a lot of pressure.

If you're engaged more than a year, there's something up. There's lot of debate as to whether one should or shouldn't get married, but when you get engaged, it's a promise to get married, and if you don't just do it within a year, one of the parties is using the excuse of, like, 'I can't find the right venue' to put off the wedding.

I'm always running late - it's my downfall.

Most people are weak and frightened, and run from anything which could be upsetting. Most people, also, are takers and not givers.

Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.

Half the world hates What half the world does every day Half the world waits While half gets on with it anyway

People waste more time waiting for someone to take charge of their lives than they do in any other pursuit.

Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don't respect cowards.

I've always admired people who are over-prepared.

All The Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas Layin' In The Sun, Talkin' 'Bout The Things They Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda Done... But All Those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas All Ran Away And Hid From One Little Did.

We often wait for the resources before we make a move.

People sometimes fail to live because they are always preparing to live.

People who deliberate fully before they take a step will spend their lives on one leg

I'm up to my hairline in planning. It's a lot, especially when you're a woman of detail.

Several people have told me that my inability to suffer fools gladly is one of my main weaknesses.

I'm a terrible long-term planner.

"Akrasia" [weakness of will] in rational beings is as common as wine in France.

A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.

I am not a perfect being. . . . I have more faults than I know what to do with. I have a naughty temper. I am stubborn, impatient of hindrances and of stupidity. I have not in the truest sense a Christian spirit. I am naturally a fighter. I am lazy. I put off till tomorrow what I might better do today. I do not feel that I have been compensated for the two senses I lack. I have worked hard for all the senses I have got, and always I beg for more.

"When are we going to get going?" Chris says. "What's your hurry?" I ask. "I just want to get going." "There's nothing up ahead that's any better than it is right here."

Vagueness and procrastination are ever a comfort to the frail in spirit.