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Quotes About Hesitation

I have a rule that has served me well in life. When in doubt, do nothing. If you're not sure, don't buy it, don't comment, don't commit. Sit tight. Deviation from this maxim has usually caused me regret.
~ Kathy Reichs
But we had better stop right here
~ C Brian Kelly
The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and, in the long run, the less he will be able to feel.
~ C. S. Lewis
The perpetual hesitation of the neurotic to launch out into life is readily explained by his desire to stand aside so as not to get involved in the dangerous struggle for existence. But anyone who refuses to experience life must stifle his desire to live – in other words, he must commit partial suicide.
~ Carl Jung
THE MESSENGERS OF INTUITION Nagging feelings Persistent thoughts Humor Wonder Anxiety Curiosity Hunches Gut feelings Doubt Hesitation
~ Gavin de Becker
We circled around for a long time because they were being very cautious. They didn't want to lose me. That would have been noticed.
~ Gavin Edwards
Willem, I suspect deep down you know exactly why you're here, exactly what you want, but you're unwilling to the wanting, let alone the having. Because both of those propositions are terrifying.
~ Gayle Forman
Willem, I suspect deep down you know exactly why you're here, exactly what you want, but you're unwilling to commit to it, unwilling to commit to the wanting, let alone the having. Because both of those propositions are terrifying.
~ Gayle Forman
For gods' sake, Strider," Torin snapped. "Open your mouth and form some words. While you're at it, stop staring at the angel like he's a tasty treat.
~ Gena Showalter
To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump.
~ Geoffrey Boycott
you would think I was cruel, so I hesitated." "You are cruel." "Yes, but it doesn't mean I want you to think I am.
~ Ilona Andrews
She looked left. She looked right. She looked confused.
~ Ilona Andrews
Killing another human being is the hardest thing you will ever do. But to fight in this war, your kills must be instantaneous. Any hesitation gives your enemy an opening to end you. You die, they win. Acknowledge to yourself that you hesitate. Don't engage unless you must. Remember your job. You must live through this.
~ Ilona Andrews
I don't know a room suitable to a woman I asked to marry me and who replied with 'maybe.
~ Ilona Andrews
Söylediklerimizden çok, söylemediklerimize piÅŸman oluruz. Dile getirilmemiÅŸ düÅŸünce ; gidilmemiÅŸ yoldur.
~ Immanuel Kant
She stood there awkwardly, incapable of further theatre.
~ Iris Murdoch
How did you get on?" he asked slowly, as though gripping each word with his teeth very carefully to prevent it from trembling before letting it out.
~ Isaac Asimov
Entonces se acariciaron titubeantes, reconociendose, tanteando el alma para asegurarse de que no estaban equivocados.
~ Isabel Allende
She tried to understand what it meant to carry winter on your back, to hesitate over every step, to confuse words you don't hear properly, to have the impression that the rest of the world is going about in a great rush; the emptiness, frailty, fatigue, and indifference toward everything not directly related to you, even children and grandchildren, whose absence was not felt as it once had been, and whose names you had to struggle to remember.
~ Isabel Allende
vaciló, porque con los nervios se le
~ Isabel Allende
I have no hesitation doing children's movies. Zero. And I don't even have kids.
~ David Cross
Sudden acquaintance brings repentance.
~ Thomas Fuller
Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
~ Euripides
Conscience does make cowards of us all.
~ William Shakespeare