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Reluctance |
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Quotations
 | Great empires are not maintained by timidity. — Tacitus, 55-120 AD, Roman historian 21 likes |
 | Plato long ago pointed out the importance of being governed by men with sufficient sense of responsibility and comprehension of public duties to be very reluctant to undertake the work of governing. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 8 likes |
 | Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. — David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Prime Minister [1916-1922] 6 likes |
 | It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead. — Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer 6 likes |
 | Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Measure for Measure 6 likes |
 | The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps. — Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister 5 likes |
 | In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 5 likes |
 | Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. — Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet 5 likes |
 | Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. — Edmund Burke, 1729-1797, British statesman & philosopher 4 likes |
 | Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear. — Publilius Syrus, 1st cent. AD, Roman author of maxims 4 likes |
 | Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 4 likes |
 | I’m really afraid to feel happy because it never lasts. — Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, American artist 4 likes |
 | Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat. — Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970, American self-help writer 4 likes |
 | Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness. — Martin Luther, 1483-1546, German theologian, protagonist of Reformation 3 likes |
 | Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. — Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher 1 likes |
 | It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You must want it just enough, and you must be very tactful with the gods. — John Steinbeck, 1902-1968, American writer, Nobel 1962 1 likes |
 | We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together. — Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer 1 likes |
 | Hesitation is the hallmark of intelligence. — Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer 1 likes |
 | If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin. — Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher 1 likes |
 | When luck becomes too favorable, that's when we shouldn't trust it at all. — Titus Livius, 59 BC-17 AD, Roman historian 1 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | The lack of will is very damaging for men. Αβουλία γαρ πολλά βλάπτονται οι βροτοί. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 5 likes |
Proverbs
 | He who hesitates is lost. 5 likes |
