Doing Nothing Quotes

The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.

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

For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.

Not to act is to act. Not to speak is to speak.

You will be civilized on the day you can spend a long period doing nothing, learning nothing, and improving nothing, without feeling the slightest amount of guilt.

I am one of the great wasters of time. I have made it an art form. I can get up at 8 o'clock in the morning, be out of the house by 8:30 and back by 5 P.M., and I'll be going all day long and accomplish absolutely nothing. It's an amazing talent.

But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.

Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed.

The only time a lazy man ever succeeds is when he tries to do nothing.

The man who never makes a mistake must get tired of doing nothing.

In each case you settle on an act. Doing nothing at all counts as an act.

I have never known what to tell anybody. Except that it is better to do something than nothing, even if the cost is great.

Why work when you can fill out a few forms and get paid for doing nothing?

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.

I'm a lazy person, but if I'm not absent-mindedly doing something, I can't really relax. I can't just veg out.

I like to do nothing.

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

All mental hygiene is based on the core practice of doing nothing. Most of us are good at wasting time, staring at the wall while telling ourselves we should be working. We call this doing nothing, but our brains are furiously active. We think constantly, and our thinking is often rife with distress.

Sundays tend to be a day where just I do nothing but visit people. It's kind of like trick-or-treating.

One of the worst mistakes is to do nothing.

By doing nothing we learne to do ill.

The best way to avoid criticism is never do anything ever. Or, do what you love, have a great life & let others spend their time criticising.