Standing Still Quotes

• Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world.

  Lauren Bacall

  Change, Moving, Journey

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

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Life, Perseverance, Teaching

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• How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of standing still. Forget your mistakes, but remember what they taught you. So how do you become better tomorrow? By becoming better today.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Mistake, Becoming Better, World

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• In a time of rapid change, standing still is the most dangerous course of action.

  Brian Tracy

  Moving On, Action, Rapid Change

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Sep 15, 2012

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• Don't fear moving slowly forward...fear standing still.

  Katherine Harris

  Running, Moving, Stills

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• By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Growth, World, Growing

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• Life is change. If you aren't growing and evolving, you're standing still, and the rest of the world is surging ahead.

  Louise Penny

  Life, World, Growing

  Louise Penny (2008). “Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel”, p.131, Macmillan

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• Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.

  Alan Arkin

  Growing, Middle, Stills

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• I move forward in my life every day, even if it's only a tiny step, because I know that great things are accomplished with tiny moves, but nothing is accomplished by standing still

  Zig Ziglar

  Moving, Achievement, Tiny

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• Progressiveness means not standing still when everything else is moving.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Moving, Mean, Stills

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• Standing still is never a good option. Not in the ring, and not in life... When you stop moving, you're done.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Moving, Mma, Done

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• All motion is relative. Maybe it's you who've moved away by standing still.

  Jerome Lawrence

  Inherit The Wind, Stills, Moved

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  It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.

  Miles Davis

  Change, Creating, Acting

  Miles Davis, Quincy Troupe (1990). “Miles”, Simon and Schuster

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• I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.

  V. E. Schwab

  Adventure, Stills, Dies

  V. E. Schwab (2017). “The Shades of Magic Series: (A Darker Shade of Magic, A Gathering of Shadows, A Conjuring of Light)”, p.155, Tor Books

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• Self - development should be a perpetual process. In life you are either growing or rotting. You're moving forward or backwards; there is no standing still.

  Al Duncan

  Moving Forward, Self, Achievement

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• Real zeal is standing still and letting God be a bonfire in you.

  Catherine Doherty

  Letting Go, Real, Bonfire

  "Poustinia" by Catherine Doherty, (Ch. 5), 1975.

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• America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.

  e. e. cummings

  Sarcastic, Mistake, Moving

  1927 'Why I Like America', in Vanity Fair, May.

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• The world needs people who are more comfortable standing still. We keep the earth on it axis when everybody else is bouncing around.

  Bill Konigsberg

  Life, Axes, People

  Bill Konigsberg (2013). “Openly Straight”, p.310, Scholastic Inc.

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• Many a false step is made standing still.

  Patti LaBelle

  Motivation, Steps, Action

  Patti Labelle (2003). “Patti Labelle's Lite Cuisine”, p.109, Penguin

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• You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.

  Charles Kettering

  Time, Science, Progress

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• Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.

  William Cowper

  War, Skills, Doing Nothing

  'Table Talk' (1782) l. 192

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• Many a false step was made by standing still.

  Tim Ferriss

  Inspirational, Steps, Made

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• In all the useful arts the world is either standing still or going backwards.

  George Orwell

  Art, World, Futuristic

  George Orwell (1983). “1984”, p.418, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Most days it feels as if the world is whirling around me and I am standing still. In slow motion, I watch the colors blur; people and faces all become a massive wash.

  Sarah Kay

  Color, People, Watches

  Sarah Kay (2009). “Pieces of Glass: A Moment of Tragedy, a Lifetime of Faith”, p.8, Harper Collins

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• Winning and losing are both very temporary things. Having done one or the other, you move ahead. Gloating over a victory or sulking over a loss is a good way to stand still.

  Chuck Knox

  Moving, Loss, Winning

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