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Quotes About Hesitation

Some persons are very decisive when it comes to avoiding decisions.
~ Brendan Francis
A wise man has doubts even in his best moments. Real truth is always accompanied by hesitations. If I could not hesitate, I could not believe.
~ Henry David Thoreau
L'hésitation est le propre de l'intelligence.
~ Henry de Montherlant
And if I wavered for the instant it was not with what I kept back.
~ Henry James
One never said the things one wanted--one remembered them an hour afterward. On the other hand one usually said a lot of things one shouldn't, simply from a sense that one had to say something. Such a sense was upsetting; it muddled one's wits.
~ Henry James
I didn't refuse often enough.
~ Henry James
With all her love of knowledge she had a natural shrinking from raising curtains and looking into unlighted corners.
~ Henry James
I don't know, upon my honour, what I'm doing.
~ Henry James
I find that I really hang back; but I must take my horrid plunge.
~ Henry James
What could be more dreary than final interviews ? One never said the things one wanted—one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a lot of things one shouldn't,simply from a sense that one had to say something.
~ Henry James
All the mistakes I ever made were when I wanted to say 'No' and said 'Yes'.
~ Moss Hart
Initially, I used to say yes to any film without giving it a second thought, which I shouldn't have done.
~ Aditya Pancholi
It was immediately apparent that it was full of tricky ingredients to balance. In fact, I found it very intriguing. What held me back from saying yes to the producer was that I wasn't sure who could play Truman.
~ Peter Weir
The Bears treat offense as if it's bubonic plague.
~ Tony Kornheiser
On the coming of that tremendous storm which for eight years desolated our country, Mr. Jefferson hesitated not, halted not.
~ John Tyler
Usually, if you think something's wrong, it probably is...
~ Jayce O'Neal
My instinct is saying its not over, but your adamant it is, what do I trust?
~ Nikki Rowe
I am a person who beats around the bush when I want to speak about my own feelings.
~ Daesung
No sheep wants to be first through the gate, but every sheep will be second.
~ Tucker Max
Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want.
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
Are you still forgetting things?" "I don't know, I can't remember," I said.
~ Stephen King
Doubt, fear, and hesitation are enemies of the mind, for a weak will severs our inborn connection with the universe, dampens the faith with which we are able to join our will to it.
~ Stephen Richards
It was very sad to hear that… After the car Kennedy was in… it hesitated and stopped there for a second or two… I
~ Steve Cameron
GAHAN: 'I don't think I should say "Hello, Pasadena", I think I should say, "Hello, the Rose Bowl" ... I don't know.' FRANKS: 'Why don't you say "Good Evening, Welcome To The Concert For The Masses"?' GAHAN: 'I'm not fucking Wordsworth, you know.
~ Steve Malins