41 Quotes About Passive

A good passive voice is an easy way to improve your writing. It’s also one of the most underrated writing skills. Why? Because it’s hard to teach. It’s hard to explain Read more

And it’s not very useful in most contexts, so few people use it. But when you’ve got a word choice that’s simple and direct, without distracting modifiers or unnecessary adjectives, the passive voice can be a breath of fresh air in your writing. These are some of the best passive quotes to help you get started with the passive voice today!

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If we were not impressed by job titles, suits, and jargon, we would demand that financial advisors show us their personal bank statements before they tell us what we could or should do with our own money. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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The truly wise are meek. Yet being small and meek do not make one weak. Arming oneself with true knowledge generates strong confidence and a bold spirit that makes you a lion of God. The Creator does not want you to suffer, yet we are being conditioned by society to accept suffering, weak and passive dispositions under the belief that such conditions are favorable by God. Weakness is not a virtue praised by God. How could he desire for you to be weak if he tells us to stand by our conscience? Doing so requires strength. However, there is a difference between arrogance when inflating your ego, and confidence when one truly gets closer to God. One feels large, while the other feels small. Why? Because a man of wisdom understands that he is just a small pea in a sea of infinite atoms, and that in the end – we are all connected. And did you not know that the smaller a creature is, the bolder its spirit?. Suzy Kassem
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I used to love the saying, 'If you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door.' It sounds great, right? The only problem is that, as it turns out, it’s not even remotely true. Worse yet, it encourages people to passively wait for someone else to give them a break. Most people who do that will grow old waiting for someone to come along and recognize their genius. John Hawkins
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Pushing your limits is what allows you to grow stronger, so if you find yourself feeling passive, it can make sense to dial it up a little. Get moving. Accomplish something small. Do something you enjoy. Embrace what moves you. And start again. Max McKeown
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I might define a ‘journey’ as something that life itself calls me to. And I might then define a ‘trip’ as something I create to avoid a journey by mimicking a journey. And while fear is most certainly part and parcel of both, the latter is emboldened by fear while the former surrenders to it. Craig D. Lounsbrough
By choosing comfort we are in the very same decision...
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By choosing comfort we are in the very same decision choosing to miss every great thing in life, and that thought should be anything but comforting. Craig D. Lounsbrough
Mediocrity is a path cleared by fear, leveled by apathy...
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Mediocrity is a path cleared by fear, leveled by apathy and paved by comfort. Craig D. Lounsbrough
To fall is not to fail. To fail is to...
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To fall is not to fail. To fail is to never fall because I never got up in the first place. Craig D. Lounsbrough
We cannot achieve or goal when we are afraid, not...
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We cannot achieve or goal when we are afraid, not confident, passive and indecisive Sunday Adelaja
God created everyone uniquely and for a purpose, and not...
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God created everyone uniquely and for a purpose, and not to be on this earth as a passive spectator Sunday Adelaja
I could've loved you but the line is too long...
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I could've loved you but the line is too long and your passiveness is endless. Ahmed Mostafa
Risk is the clue that our dreams are both real...
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Risk is the clue that our dreams are both real and great. Craig D. Lounsbrough
Being gentle doesn’t stop us fighting for our dreams.
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Being gentle doesn’t stop us fighting for our dreams. Fennel Hudson
It is what it is because you let it be...
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It is what it is because you let it be so. Suzy Kassem
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The active minority in the world is the fraction that makes the world a better place for the passive majority. Israelmore Ayivor
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Assumptions are quick exits for lazy minds that like to graze out in the fields without bother. Suzy Kassem
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When there is no specific task, the human’s subconscious mind will be in a passive state Sunday Adelaja
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One of the most terrifying questions of all might be, ‘Will I unleash myself to live before death unleashes me from the ability to be unleashed?’ And in retrospect, maybe it’s not the question that’s terrifying. Maybe what’s terrifying is the answer. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Progress across the time axis is passive. Progress up the results axis is passion. Ryan Lilly
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Your daily output is directly proportional to your daily thoughts while your activity or passivity remains as a constant. You get what you think to do provided you do it! Israelmore Ayivor
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Sex seemed like a thing that might only happen to me at random, outside my control, like the weather. Catherine Lacey
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It is not a person or situation that affects your life; it is the meaning you give to that person or situation, which influences your emotions and actions. Your choice is to change the meaning you gave it or to change your response, in order to create the outcome you want. Shannon L. Alder
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The sea, the sea… Man alone, Passive, unaware In his elemental sadness. Scott Hastie
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Men and women who possesses drive record more increase than those who are passive Sunday Adelaja
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The goal of comfort is at the self-same time the abandonment of great accomplishments. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Every advancing step I take toward my goal of comfort is yet another retreating step I take away from God's goal of the impossible. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Being passive is not the same as being peaceful. If you aren't doing what you know, in your heart, you want to do, you are NOT going with the flow. You are going against the flow. Your reactions, emotions, desires, and talents are all part of the flow of life. Ignoring them is passive resistance. Let yourself go. Vironika Tugaleva
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Only God understands how incredibly far we’ve fallen, and only God understands how incredibly far we can rise. And only we can determine if we’re going to wallow in the mediocrity that is born of the refusal to understand either. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Often the devil wants to distract us from our goal, to make us passive and neutralize our actions Sunday Adelaja
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This is not the time to be passive. This is the time to shape, sculpt, paint, participate… the time to get sweaty, to get dirty, to fall in love, to forgive, to forget, to hug, to kiss… this is the time to experience, participate and live your life as a verb. Steve Maraboli
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Experience is not worth the getting. It's not a thing that happens pleasantly to a passive you--it's a wall that an active you runs up against. F. Scott Fitzgerald
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To simply survive appears to be the choice of the plodding hoards that wander all around me. Therefore, I’ve adamantly committed to never hoard hoards. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Perseverance is not a passive submission to circumstances–it is a strong and active response to the difficult events of life. Elizabeth George
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He who makes $25, 000 annually through passive income is more enviable than he who earns $100, 000 annually through a salary. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.... Noam Chomsky
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Guilt loves the passive. Jonathan Price
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Active love doesn’t ask: 'What does this person have to offer me?' Rather: 'What do I have to offer this person? Cole Ryan
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Refuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude. Joyce Meyer
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Attachment parenting is not a passive parenting style. Mayim Bialik
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I'm not a passive person by any stretch of the imagination. Courteney Cox