Passive Approach Quotes

The man who does not betake himself at once and desperately to sawing is called a loafer, though he may be knocking at the doors of heaven all the while.

The people have nominated you without any pledges or engagements of any sort … and they want you to do nothing at present but allow yourself to be elected…. Make no speeches, write no letters as a candidate, enter into no pledges, make no promises.

It seems the less I do and say, the better everyone likes my work!

Stop running after the waves. Let the sea come to you.

I just wait for something to present itself, and then I consider it.

Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style. The exception was Wells Fargo, a superbly-managed, high-return banking operation in which we increased our ownership to just under 10%, the most we can own without the approval of the Federal Reserve Board.

I too realize that the less I preach the more likely I am to be heard.

I like to be quiet, and let people find me rather than having to shout at them.

I'm one of those people - I really feel that you can't go lookin' for love, love will come to you.

There is never a specific theme or anything I have interest in. Really, I make decisions based on decisions that are made by other people and whatever is presented to me, and I do it on a first come, first serve basis, and go from there.

Blessed are the peacemakers, and one sure way of peacemaking is to let the fire of contention alone. Neither fan it, nor stir it, nor add fuel to it, but let it go out by itself. Begin your ministry with one blind eye and one deaf ear.

I have a different approach. I don't file lawsuits because I really don't care.

If somebody feels a certain way about me and I feel like they're misunderstanding me, I don't need to explain myself. I just try to shy away from it and just pretend like it never happened, and try to rekindle the friendship and let him know that its not like that.

Students who don't want to get anywhere are sure to get somewhere.

God is a synergetic experience. Science can never reveal it, philosophy can never come to it - only a poetic approach, a very passive, very loving approach, can.

One of the best rules anybody can learn about investing is to do nothing, absolutely nothing, unless there is something to do. Most people – not that I’m better than most people – always have to be playing; they always have to be doing something. They make a big play and say, “Boy, am I smart, I just tripled my money.” Then they rush out and have to do something else with that money. They can’t just sit there and wait for something new to develop

I don't find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.

The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.

I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all.

A wise and salutary neglect

I've never chatted up a girl in me life. I've always let girls come to me. I've never approached a girl to chat her up.

I'm more of a "let the man come to me" girl.

If an idea cannot move on its own, pushing it doesn't help; best to let it lie there.

Certainly it's very often true that women tend to be a bit quieter and more prepared to sit there and let the animal tell you things.

I will always really work hard to write as much as I can, but I also love sitting back and waiting on those big Nashville songwriters to send me some great songs, too.