Quotes of Stagnate - somelinesforyou

“ The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. ”

- William James

“ Like swift water an active mind never stagnates. ”

- Unknown

“ Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set. ”

- Adlai E. Stevenson

“ I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age, one stands still and stagnates. ”

- T. S. Eliot

“ I have lived to know that the great secret of happiness is this: never suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage of too many irons in the fire, conveys an abominable lie. You cannot have too many - poker, tongs and all - keep them all going. ”

- Adam Clarke
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