Quotes About Reluctance

Finally she went down on her knees and implored me not to go; at least to wait a day or two before starting. It was all very ridiculous, but I did not feel comfortable.

You can't help a man who won't be helped. (p. 364)

Our difficulties in understanding or effectuating communication with other animals may arise from our reluctance to grasp unfamiliar ways of dealing with the world.

It was a puzzle why things were always dragged kicking and screaming. No one ever seemed to want to, for example, lead them gently by the hand.

I DON'T WANT TO GO.

The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness—it's acting in the face of fear.

Oh, I try to stay as far away from karaoke as humanly possible!

As my blog editor knows all too well, I wasn't all that keen to enter the blogosphere world.

I was never really keen to drive. I was always chauffeured around.

I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.

I sort of went into the TV thing kicking and screaming.

I was dragged kicking and screaming into a high-school play then discovered it was fun!

I couldn't even imagine kissing something.

I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don't like to get my knees dirty. I don't have a garden.

I'd been declared—over my loud and sustained protests—Pythia, the chief seer of the supernatural world.

My lord...I can explain-," Louis-Cesare began, looking less than certain that he could do anything of the kind. Radu held up a hand. "I am sure there is a perfectly good reason why my niece is naked and tied to her bed. I am also equally certain that I do not wish to hear it".

How the hell do you think I feel?" I don't want to end up inside a woman!" He paused. "Well, at least not that way

She had a hard time making herself let go and they waged a short, silent, silly little battle that he won, which she reluctantly conceded was probably only fair since it was part of his body.

One of the best signs of being fitted for power is reluctance to hold it.

I fear not," Hamilcar said gravely, shaking his head. "It seems to be the fate of all nations, that as they grow in wealth so they lose their manly virtues. With wealth comes corruption, indolence, a reluctance to make sacrifices, and a weakening of the feeling of patriotism.

In a survey we conducted for Harvard Business Review, 63 percent of respondents listed the reluctance of leaders to surrender power as a significant barrier to reducing bureaucracy.

I can't possibly go to school today," Michelle pouted, "I have nothing to wear." Her

Ah, we shall never have a real aristocracy while this plebeian reluctance to live upon a parent or a wife continues the animating spirit of our youth. It strikes at the foot of the feudal system!

They command a fascination, however reluctant, that borders on psychic masturbation.