Hesitation Quotes

“We pass through this world but once. Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.”
― Stephen Jay Gould, The Mismeasure of Man

“It was one of those cases where you approve the broad, general principle of an idea but can't help being in a bit of a twitter at the prospect of putting it into practical effect. I explained this to Jeeves, and he said much the same thing had bothered Hamlet.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Morning

“The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back. Simply forget the past and forge toward the future.”
― Alyson Noel, The Immortals Boxed Set

“Hesitation of any kind is a sign of mental decay in the young, of physical weakness in the old.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

“Suddenly, I was just sure he was going to kiss me. He was there, I could feel his breath, the ground solid beneath us. But then something crossed his face, a thought, a hesitation, and he shifted slightly. Not now. Not yet. It was something I'd done so often - weighing what I could afford to risk, right at that moment - that I recognized it instantly. It was like looking in a mirror.”
― Sarah Dessen, What Happened to Goodbye

“On an important decision one rarely has 100% of the information needed for a good decision no matter how much one spends or how long one waits. And, if one waits too long, he has a different problem and has to start all over. This is the terrible dilemma of the hesitant decision maker.”
― Robert K. Greenleaf, The Servant as Leader

“If someone doesn't care to accept you, respect you, believe in you, don't hesitate to move on and let them go. There are many who love and appreciate you just the way you are.”
― Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Sweet Destiny

“The only walls that exist are those you have placed in your mind. And whatever obstacles you conceive, exist only because you have forgotten what you have already achieved.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Did you know that when we were kids Cass used to tell me your stories? She used to laugh at you. Not in a mean way, but in the way that Cass used to laugh at everything before...." He gestures around us at our world now.

I shake my head. "I thought Cass never liked my stories. Never remembered them."

"Oh yes, I would beg her to tell me if she had new stories from you."

"Why didn't you ask me yourself?" I whisper.

"Because you were Harry's," he responds.

"Not always."

"Yes, always," he says. "Always in his eyes," he adds in a softer tone.”
― Carrie Ryan, The Forest of Hands and Teeth

“Motivation will keep
you
going forwards,
Hesitation will only
drag you
backwards.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“The only reason to delay at this point was because the immediate prospect was so deeply uninviting.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Doubt is a creature within the air.
It grows when someone hesitates.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“The minute you hesitate you are in trouble.”
― Steve Waugh

“If you can admit that you haven't yet understood everything,
faith can fill the emptiness in heart to confront the hesitation.”
― Toba Beta, Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza

“But at the same time, there must never be the least hesitation in giving up a position the moment it is shown to be untenable. It is not going too far to say that the greatness of a scientific investigator does not rest on the fact of his having never made a mistake, but rather on his readiness to admit that he has done so, whenever the contrary evidence is cogent enough.”
― William Bayliss, Principles Of General Physiology

“George's hand lifted and fell away again. It seemed an insult to imply that anything so small as a touch could stop the raw feeling in Sir Stephen's suddenly dark and haunted eyes.”
― Mette Ivie Harrison, The Princess and the Hound

“Hesitation, second thoughts, false intuition, unjustified fears, worries of failure, the list of self-created barriers is endless.”
― Steven Redhead, Life Is A Circus

“Life is the hesitation between an exclamation and a question. Doubt is resolved by a period.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

“Hesitation is such a dilemma of feeling that loses all available opportunities”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“Overcome, overcome ~ yes sometimes we just survive overcome making it and your heart will beat like the drums of a thousand armies when you look back ~”
― Patricio telman chincocolo

“Rhys was the least of my concerns. Tamlin had seen the hesitation, but had he understood that I was about to say no? Had Ianthe? I had to tell him. Had to explain that there couldn't be a wedding, not for a while yet. Maybe I'd wait until the mating bond snapped into place, until I knew for sure it couldn't be some mistake, that... that I was worthy of him.

Maybe wait until he, too, had faced the nightmares stalking him. Relaxed his grip on things a bit. On me. Even if I understood his need to protect, that fear of losing me... Perhaps I should explain everything when I returned.

But- so many people had seen it, seen me hesitate-”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“I will not feel any hesitation to sacrifice my life for my loyalty to the land and nation and thoughts that reflect and display the cause of patriotism and justice to everyone.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“I curse the spirit of hesitation more than people curse the devil.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“I would meet someone, and the risk of hesitation would outweigh what it would take to try to love her.”
― Valentine Glass, Jarring Sex

“Just as the moon shines without asking for permission, go after your dreams without hesitation.”
― Dipti Dhakul, Quote: +/-

“What if he decdied to keep things as just friends? What if he didn't want to make anything awkward at work between us?
What if, what if what if...
What if I'm spending the day with my better half? What if this is just the beginning?”
― Max Walker, Love & Monsters

“Let Go of the Boy. Become the Man. Let Greatness Be Born.

Growth demands transformation. The boy within us, the doubts, the fears, the hesitation must fade. Only then can the man rise with strength, clarity, and purpose. Let go, step forward, and let greatness be born.”
― Matheesha Prathapa

“Now close your eyes and try to stop being angry. Try to stop raging at all those who deserve your righteous fury. Close your eyes and allow yourself, just for a moment, to simply feel the pain. To hesitate. To be confused. To feel sorrow. Remorse. You still have your whole life to spend persecuting, avenging, reckoning. But for now, just close your eyes and look inward, like a satellite hovering over a disaster zone, searching for signs of life. A lot has been taken away from you—but you’re still a human being. Wounded, bloodied, angry, hurting, frightened, drowning in sorrow, but still: human. Take a deep breath and try to remember the feeling. Because you know that a minute from now, when you open your eyes again, it’ll be gone.”
― Etgar Keret

“迷えば、敗れる”
― Isshin Ashina - Sekiro

“Sales begin when hesitation ends, and hesitation ends when value feels undeniable and trust feels real.”
― Shamail Aijaz, The 60-Day Brand Breakthrough: A Complete Marketing Roadmap for New Brands