Quotes About Hesitation

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.

A incerteza, na presença de grandes esperanças e receios, é dolorosa, mas temos de suportá-la, se quisermos viver sem o apoio de confortadores contos de fadas (...). Ensinar a viver sem essa segurança e sem que se fique, não obstante, paralisado pela hesitação, é talvez a coisa principal que a filosofia, em nossa época, pode proporcionar àqueles que a estudam.

fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wise people so full of doubts.

We were already getting along poorly enough that I figured we'd marry.

I honestly have really deep reservations about releasing everything you ever did. Every time somebody farted in the studio, now it's out there.

I have reservations about everything I do.

I get shy. I think that's in any situation.

I was too shy to be in films. But, my father thought it would work for me. It took a lot of time for me to think about getting into films.

Shyness displays itself differently in me. I think it's more an awkwardness.

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.

People always ask me about 'Girls' with this kind of hesitation. What do I think of it? I love it. It's awesome. I get a lot of Where do you come down on this? I come down on the side of 'Yay, Lena Dunham. Congratulations. I'm jealous.' She's doing something so fantastic. Maybe it's not for everybody, but it certainly is for me.

If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear.

I think I'm nervous to sign on to any job.

Once Liverpool had asked me to sign again, there was no hesitation.

A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It's only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate. Don't think. Act.

Think about this carefully, Felicity, before you answer: Is there a

too, though she felt less sure

Wore out from all that, I did what we call shilly-shally. Poking round up to no good.

It seemed like I was holding back a reservoir of doubt, pain, and disillusionment

the worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation

I walked up the stairs and hesitated at the open door.

She hesitated before opening the envelope, telling herself there was nothing he could say that would change anything. But she opened it anyway and read the note. I'm not very good at this. I'm sorry.

No. It's just that I don't want to be with you." He hesitated. "I'm not sure I ever loved you.

Because my wanting isn't strong—it fears risks, it demands approval…