Stagnant Quotes

“Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.”

“Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.”

“At any given point, the chain of a stagnant life can be completely broken, but not with the same mental attitude that placed one in it.”

“Vow not to remain stagnant in life. We all have weaknesses in our various lives, but they are not permanent as long as we keep on identifying them and turning them into strengths.”

“We sometimes hear of the death of literature or of this or that genre, but literature doesn't die, just as it doesn't 'progress' or 'decay.' It expands, it increases. When we feel that it has become stagnant or stale, that usually just means we ourselves are not paying sufficient attention.”

“If you are always taking the right actions that your goals demand, it would almost be impossible to ever experience a stagnant state of existence.”

“In History, stagnant waters, whether they be stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on the ripples created by a few eccentric individuals. In homage to that life and vitality, the community has to brave certain perils and must countenance a measure of heresy. One must live dangerously if one wants to live at all.”

“When most people think about success, the first thing that usually comes to their minds is money. But in reality, that is not what success is really made of. Success is triumphing in every endeavor that you engage yourself in. Success is getting back up after been knocked down by circumstances. Success is not allowing fears and doubts to keep you stagnant or cause you to move backwards.”

“Anger is like flowing water; there's nothing wrong with it as long as you let it flow. Hate is like stagnant water; anger that you denied yourself the freedom to feel, the freedom to flow; water that you gathered in one place and left to forget. Stagnant water becomes dirty, stinky, disease-ridden, poisonous, deadly; that is your hate. On flowing water travels little paper boats; paper boats of forgiveness. Allow yourself to feel anger, allow your waters to flow, along with all the paper boats of forgiveness. Be human.”

“Learning is the source of growth and we become stagnant without it.”

“Only stagnant people get stuck because they don't attempt to move at all.”