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Quotes About Hesitation

Whether it's a major decision like accepting a job, or a minor decision like what to order at a restaurant, people struggling with anxiety often find themselves frozen like a deer in the headlights when it comes time to decide.
~ Sheryl Paul
Am I walking toward something I should be running away from?
~ Shirley Jackson
At times you don't have enough time to live and regret a wrong split second decision!!!!
~ Siddharth Astir
turned and cupped Dash's face. He almost never kissed men, especially ones he'd hired, but this time he wanted to. "Do you kiss?" Dash smiled. "I love to, but I'd figured you for the type who didn't." "I don't," Thorne said and kissed him.
~ Silvia Violet
were you sleeping?" He chuckles. "Not by a long shot. I was just tryin' to convince myself not to make a move on you.
~ Simone Elkeles
What you wish for can elude you within a blink of an eye if you hesitate.
~ Sipho P Nkosi
She meant that if your conscience holds you back, if it muddles the purity of your desire, if it gives you mixed feelings, don't do it.
~ Siri Hustvedt
I had said what I never meant to say, but what has been said cannot be unsaid, I enjoyed our silence, I was completely sober again, but all the same I had no idea what I was thinking, probably nothing.
~ Max Frisch
We fear saying the wrong thing or using the wrong tone or acting the wrong way. So rather than do it incorrectly, we do nothing at all.
~ Max Lucado
The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.
~ Maya Angelou
The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.
~ Meg Cabot
Who-who are you? Seth asked, hesitantly.Wh-what do you want? How else was was I supposed to reply? The words were out of my mouth before I could stop them.I mean, I'd only seen the movie like seventeen times. I'm Luke Skywalker, I said. I'm here to rescue you.
~ Meg Cabot
But do I want his tongue on my mouth?
~ Meg Cabot
The queen was settling on the edge of the bed, ungainly with hesitation and at the same time exquisite in her grace, like a heron landing in a treetop.
~ Megan Whalen Turner
She nodded... and was about to turn away. Then, as if she thought better of it, she reached out and grabbed his arm. Jack. Yes? I. . . she faltered. She knew what she wanted to tell him, but she couldn't bring herself to say the words. It turned out she didn't have to. Jack put a hand to his heart and nodded. I feel the same way about you.
~ Melissa de la Cruz
Wives get five years to make up their minds
~ Melissa de la Cruz
I'M NOT buying it, Daniel.
~ Melissa Scott
Next time, you might want to look before you leap.
~ Melody Carlson
Fearful that believing in love's truths and letting them guide our lives will lead to further betrayal, we hold back from love when our hearts are full of longing.
~ bell hooks
I was doing everything wrong. I was confused. Confusion is inevitable in battle, but indecision is unforgivable, and I had hesitated to make any decision and then made all the wrong ones.
~ Bernard Cornwell
Uncertainty, in the presence of vivid hopes and fears, is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the support of comforting fairy tales. It is not good either to forget the questions that philosophy asks, or to persuade ourselves that we have found indubitable answers to them. To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it.
~ Bertrand Russell
To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralysed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it.
~ Bertrand Russell
Uncertainty, in the presence of vivid hopes and fears, is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the support of comforting fairy tales. It is not good either to forget the questions that philosophy asks, or to persuade ourselves that we have found indubitable answers to them. To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralysed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it.
~ Bertrand Russell
Uncertainty, in the presence of vivid hopes and fears, is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the support of comforting fairy tales. It is not good either to forget the questions that philosophy asks, or to persuade ourselves that we have found indubitable answers to them. To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in
~ Bertrand Russell