Quotes About Reluctance

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace.

She did not want to go but understood that I was uneasy, that I felt spotlighted here, that I was not much of a talker to begin with -- chitchat in crowded rooms always left me exhausted -- and these things all had to be weighed.

There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.

the long delay, and the obvious reluctance of the United States to ratify the Genocide Convention" derived from "fear that it might be held responsible, retrospectively, for the annihilation of Indians in the United States, or its role in the slave trade, or its contemporary support for tyrannical governments engaging in mass murder." Still, Kuper said he was delighted that at last the Americans had agreed to the terms of the Convention.

Reluctance to go for the jugular and willingness to accept defeat can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you are reluctant to fight, you are inevitably headed toward defeat when the other side is relentless and despises you. It is only for those who persist in the battle and never let up that the possibility of changing the result comes into view. In

Old persons are sometimes as unwilling to die as tired-out children are to say good night and go to bed.

Mental health treatment is most likely available to the officers, but they may be reluctant to access it due to cultural beliefs within the force, fear of stigma, etc.

Turning the thermostat down is something that I do pretty reluctantly. I like to be able to walk around in whatever I fancy at home.

If this is where you ask me to run around in my birthday suit, I'm not entirely comfortable with that, " I said, smirking.

Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.

There is but one pleasure in life equal to that of being called on to make an after-dinner speech, and that is not being called on to make one.

how did IBM get into this mess in the first place? It is the central question to ask because its senior executives understood the economic dynamics underpinning IBM's mainframe and PC businesses. Despite this, the majority demonstrated a reluctance to reduce the power and cultural influence of their portions of the firm as technological changes suggested new directions, new opportunities not seized on as quickly as they might have been

Fake hair? Fake nails? Someone touching my feet? Oh, God, they were going to paint my toenails pink, weren't they?

More than developing confidence in the reliability of new energy technologies, and even more of a challenge than the admittedly complex task of designing and constructing an infrastructure that will allow consumer access to them, what stands in the way of our apparent will to wean ourselves from conventional energy sources is the reluctance to wean ourselves from old ways of thinking.

Why is it you sent me to the madhouse?' I said. Reluctantly, he raised his head. 'You are out now. I don't see the point in asking this.' 'Is it because you loved me?' I persisted. 'Or because you do not?

Why is it you sent me to the madhouse?" I said. Reluctantly, he raised his head. "You are out now. I don't see the point in asking this." "Is it because you loved me?" I persisted. "Or because you do not?

The thing is, most people just don't enjoy haggling, period.

gone are those hugest hours of dark and cold when blood and flesh to inexistence bow (all that was doubtful's certain,timid's bold; old's youthful and reluctant's eager now)

Yet, by not seeking help. . . .

She felt the pitiful inadequacy of this, and understood, with a sense of despair, that in her inability to express herself she must give him an impression of coldness and reluctance; but she could not help it.

Medora Manson, in her prosperous days, inaugurated a literary salon; but it had soon died out owing to the reluctance of the literary to frequent it.

Even desperate people are slow to ask for help.

You believe lies about God. Guaranteed. You think he can't see all things; you think he doesn't care; you think that he reluctantly forgives; you think that he is far away; you think that he loves many people but not you. Don't assume that you know him. Read the Gospels.

You know the answer to that as well as I do. Psychologically it's much easier to swallow a pill than pull the trigger, especially if you're not so keen on the idea to begin with.