Quotes About Hesitation

He who thinks too long before taking the next step will spend his life standing on one leg.

be scared. She backed off, though, the thoughts too precipitous.

They wonder why everyone waits to send the note, make the call, say the one thing you know you should say.

Life was kind and full of chances. Sometimes we didn't take them. Sometimes we hid our truth and acted out of fear. Sometimes we turned away and closed the door.

Karigan," Alton said. "I would . . . I . . . well, it would please me . . . What I want to say . . ." One moment he was speaking as a polished aristocrat should, the next he couldn't speak at all.

You suspect a trap?

her toes, then jerked the foot back.

What did she wish? She didn't know. When she thought about it, that was the problem with her life, now and always, she'd never known what to wish for until it was too late.

Out of the whole multitude of prudent men in the world, the great majority are so from timidity.

Genius hesitates.

Genuis hesitates

Si noti il meraviglioso «Mi sembra...» iniziale, che ricorda l'«Io penso...» con cui Darwin introduce nei suoi taccuini la grande idea che le specie evolvono, o l'«esitazione» di cui parla Faraday quando nel suo libro introduce la rivoluzionaria idea di campo elettrico. Il genio esita.

The heroes of all myths face doubts. They feel that they have a calling but they do not know whether they can live up to their destinies. The drama of the psychological birth of the hero is facing fear, doubt, and hesitation; knowing that reaching for the stars entails the risk of failure, ridicule, even injury or death; and knowing that by not trying, you forfeit the possibility of greatness.

Why did you not tell me this earlier?" "Because you never asked. I was waiting to be questioned, but apparently your aversion to me

Some men think because they're afraid to do .

Some men think because they are afraid to do. - There is a difference between fear and caution.

He did not know whether he ought to be delighted or terrified. Perhaps a smidge of both." - Tyrion

Trust the man who hesitates in his speech and is quick and steady in action, but beware of long arguments and long beards.

Once I put it down I couldn't pick it back up.

Men are always averse to enterprises in which they foresee difficulties.

One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.

The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.

Fear to let fall a drop and you spill a lot.

Doubt breeds doubt.