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Quotes About Hesitation

She wanted to make sure she studied all the manuals thoroughly, but she had to admit that part of her hesitation was the unsettling length of the list of things that could go wrong if she mishandled the pressure.
~ Unknown
But it is curious how you can see that an idea is absolutely true and correct and yet not believe it deeply enough to act on it.
~ Lydia Davis
It's difficult to get started-when it comes to dealing with an unknown quantity, people are reluctant to trust their own opinion. It helps if two or three people give you a boost.
~ Lyle Lovett
Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, "Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you" — here I opened wide the door; — Darkness there, and nothing more.
~ Lynn Cullen
He lifed his head and looked down at her seriously. "Could you," he began, then he had to clear his throat. "Could you learn to be fond of me?" he asked. "With enough time?" She looked at him in surprise. It was the first time in all their acquaintance that she'd heard him sound the least bit hesitant. "I don't need to learn anything," she said, before she thought better of it.
~ Lynn Kurland
He tried to ignore the feather of longing that tickled his heart. But it kept tickling. Because he hadn't quite made up his mind to stay here.
~ Lynne Rae Perkins
And worst of all, I did not feel held safe. Girls who have the lingering whispers of rejection still echoing in the hollows of their soul rarely feel completely held safe. So they look at gaps of the unknown and hesitate at best. Run away at worst. They crave for life to make sense. They cringe when it doesn't. It
~ Lysa TerKeurst
Reese held Allacazam out to him, wondering if Hirianthial would take him directly from her hands and risk touching her, or if she'd have to set the Flitzbe on the floor and let him roll to the man's boots.
~ M.C.A. Hogarth
I shift, an infinitesimal movement, towards him. It is like the leap from a waterfall. I do not know, until then, what I am going to do.
~ Madeline Miller
I just don't know. Maybe I'm good, but that goddamn scale would hesitate a long time before tilting that way.
~ John D. MacDonald
stop doubting and believe?" (John 20:27). Thomas had a decision to make in that moment, a decision he was quite capable of making, a decision our Lord was waiting for him to make. Thomas's experience was waiting on a choice.
~ John Eldredge
The fear of getting caught was not driven by the fear of paying the price. Rather, it was the fear of having to stop.
~ John Grisham
using it as an excuse to delay a decision until she could see whether he was going to be able to handle this sort of power.
~ John Guy
he started to stammer nervously. "Madam," he began, "the queen's
~ John Guy
Nine days after Elizabeth first offered the interview, she changed her mind.
~ John Guy
For now, free at last from all threat of government reaction or retribution, the market sailed off into the wild blue yonder. Especially after June 1 all hesitation disappeared. Never before or since have so many become so wondrously, so effortlessly, and so quickly rich.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
Pullios stopped in the door.
~ John Lescroart
When civilization stands at the edge of a cliff, a step forward doesn't make much sense.
~ Denis Hayes
We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the first move-and he, in turn, waits for you.
~ Aristotle
When the risk of failure is too high, the right choice is to forbear.
~ Ernest Sosa
I have no faith in my ability to judge things.
~ Ozzy Osbourne
There's something more than just this friendship connection, we both want something more, but are afraid to confront it.
~ Unknown
I love how we chill over conversation, I'm dealing with this feeling of infatuation. Pacing, I don't wanna force the situation. I'm waiting for you to make a move with no hesitation.
~ Unknown
Because of you I'm scared to fall in love again.
~ Unknown