Quotes about inertia

"Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful."

Beckett, Samuel on inertia   

"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success."

Brande, Dorothea on inertia   

"The great thing is the start -- to see an opportunity for service, and to start doing it, even though in the beginning you serve but a single customer -- and him for nothing."

Collier, Robert on inertia   

"Once in motion, a pattern tends to stay in motion."

Gallimore, J. G. on inertia   

"Lest he should wander irretrievably from the right path, he stands still."

Hazlitt, William on inertia   

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"Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action."

Hill, Napoleon on inertia
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"Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it."

Newton, Sir Isaac on inertia   

"Fix'd like a plan on his peculiar spot, to draw nutrition, propagate, and rot."

Pope, Alexander on inertia   

"You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement."

Stein, Ben on inertia
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"The natural law of inertia: Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force."

Stone, W. Clement on inertia   

"That's why many fail -- because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin."

Stone, W. Clement on inertia   

"The first step is the hardest."

Vichy-Chamrond, Marie De on inertia   

"Once you're moving you can keep moving."

Weiss, Ronald Alan on inertia