“All the inducements of early society tend to foster immediate action; all its penalties fall on the man who pauses; the traditional wisdom of those times was never weary of inculcating that "delays are dangerous," and that the sluggish man the man "who roasteth not that which he took in hunting" will not prosper on the earth, and indeed will very soon perish out of it. And in consequence an inability to stay quiet, an irritable desire to act directly, is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.” MenActionEarthDesireFallFailingMankindDangerousHe ManQuietConsequenceTraditionalHuntingPenaltiesWearyPausesDelayInabilitySluggishImmediate Action Book:Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of Source: Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of
“Among the reasons marriages fail, sex ranks no higher than fourth, behind money, having only one bathroom, and an inability to communicate, reasons one, two and three.” TwoReasonThreeSexBehindsFailingHigherCommunicateFourthBathroomInabilityInability To Communicate Book:This 'n That Source: This 'n That
“My principal failing as a writer is the lack of spontaneity; the nuisance of parallel thoughts, second thoughts, third thoughts; inability to express myself properly in any language unless I compose every damned sentence in my bath, in my mind, at my desk.” MindLanguageFailingThirdsSentencesPrincipalDesksInabilityParallelsBathsSpontaneityNuisanceSecond Thoughts Author:Vladimir Nabokov
“Your competition is not other people but the time you kill, the ill will you create, the knowledge you neglect to learn, the connections you fail to build, the health you sacrifice along the path, your inability to generate ideas, the people around you who don’t support and love your efforts, and whatever god you curse for your bad luck.” PeopleIdeasEffortSupportPathFailingSacrificeLove YouConnectionsAnd LoveLuckCompetitionIllCurseNeglectInabilityBad LuckIll WillSupport And Love Author:James Altucher
“An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.” LanguageSilenceMusicFailingMankindCommunicationQuietIntrovertSilence IsInabilityQuietnessBeing QuietSounds Of SilenceInability To Communicate Author:Walter Bagehot