Quotes About Hesitation

Until people are able to figure out how to deal with the natural tendency to hesitate and drag their feet because of their fear of the unknown, no meaningful reinvention will occur.

After twenty years of systematic observation I've decided the most common mistake is for one to get stuck on the "plains of hesitation." The plains of hesitation are a metaphorical place where the best laid plans and good intentions expire.

Here are nine reasons I've seen and heard most often as I search to understand why we hesitate: Why people hesitate to act Gotten too comfortable Study things to death Lack of confidence Think the big deal will fly in the window Think it's already too late for them Fear of losing what they have Afraid nobody will pitch in Family pressures to not take the risk Lack of financial safety net

Sorry," [Hamlet] said, rubbing his temples. "I don't know what came over me. All of a sudden I had this overwhelming desire to talk for a very long time without actually doing anything.

Sólo el primer paso cuesta. Quizá se podría decir eso de todo, o de la mayoría de los esfuerzos y de lo que se hace con desagrado o repugnancia o reservas, es muy poco lo que se acomete sin ninguna reserva, casi siempre hay algo que nos induce a no actuar y a no dar ese paso, a no salir de casa y no movernos, a no dirigirnos a nadie y a evitar que otros nos hablen, nos miren, nos digan.

nos detiene a veces lo que no nos importa—

Se dio cuenta de que ya había decidido, pero prefería no reconocerlo aún en voz alta, prefería guardárselo unos segundos y mantenerlo sólo en su pensamiento, todavía puede uno echarse atrás mientras calla.

So strong is the power of superstition that even though we know that we have been reverencing a sham, still we hesitate to admit the validity of our newfound convictions.

I wouldn't have done it, but it scared me that I thought of it at all. I scared me.

I love you' I thought. But I didn't say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face ... My fear was a greater one--that she won't say it back.

You know the answer to that as well as I do. Psychologically it's much easier to swallow a pill than pull the trigger, especially if you're not so keen on the idea to begin with.

Not doing anything can be worse than doing the wrong thing.

A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.

Well, you give me too much credit for foresight and planning. I haven't got a clue what the hell I'm doing.

I want to write poems which are very emotional, but I would have some hesitation in saying I want to write poems which are sentimental.

I want to be a 'coffee guy,' but I just haven't started.

We think we want to do something and when it comes to it, we don't. We don't like to commit.

I'm a wuss - a complete wuss!

I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to tell you the truth.

I never feel like I've done anything. Swear to God. I'm not kidding. So it's always a surprise when somebody asks me to do anything.

I quickly realised that it is difficult to get started when writing a novel. You have this dream of what you want to create, but it is like walking around a swimming pool and hesitating to jump in because the water is too cold.

I don't know. I just feel stuck, like I'm afraid to take any steps, in case they're the wrong ones.

then. She needed to make a decision. "Which room is yours?" Weston tugged at the bottom of his vest with both hands, pulling it tight against his body. "Uh, you can stay wherever you want.