Quotes about Hesitation

deliberation we may hesitate; but a deliberated act must be performed swiftly

Sometimes you have to marinate instead of making a quick decision. I appreciate my instincts, but my instincts can be dead wrong. Circumspection can give you time.

Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.

Most of the time most people know the right thing to do ...its the doing of it that gives them trouble

He who hesitates is a damned fool.

One knows what is right, but holds it at arm's length for a time, neither throwing it out, nor embracing it.

He put his mouth on her and kissed her on the cheek; he was afraid of the mouth-thoughts travel too easily from lip to lip.

Ten years ago he would have followed her, but middle-age is the period of sad caution.

Well now, I dunno

Because I simply couldn't make up my mind to do it. I never can make up my mind about anything myself—I'm always afflicted with indecision. Just as soon as I decide to do something I feel in my bones that another course would be the correct one. It's a dreadful misfortune, but I was born that way, and there is no use in blaming me for it, as some people do.

But David felt something else as well. A tension. A hesitation. Something wasn't exactly right about all of this. But that inner hesitation made no sense in light of the circumstances in which he and his loyal men found themselves.

The power of the croisé, or the cross, comes from leverage. When executed with proper form and employed without hesitation, the opponent runs upon your blade. This is not a move that requires a heavy hand; in fact, it is best done with the gentlest of touches.