Top 12 Reluctance Quotes

It's not the failure that holds us back but the reluctance to begin over again that causes us to stagnate.

Failure, Causes, Reluctance

Receive the gifts of fortune without pride, and part with them without reluctance.

Pride, Fortune, Reluctance

Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), Thomas Gataker (1749). “The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus”, p.307

Now naturally, like many of us, I have a reluctance to change too much of the old ways.

Too Much, Way, Reluctance

Kazuo Ishiguro (2010). “The Remains of the Day”, p.7, Vintage

Reluctance to begin is quick to befriend procrastination. . . .

Procrastination, Reluctance

Kate Morton (2010). “The Kate Morton Collection: The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance to endorse Sen. Kerry

Leader, African American, Reluctance

When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one.

Reluctance, Summit, Higher

Lots of women love to accuse men of being immature when the fellow in question displays a reluctance to "commit"...

Men, Immature, Reluctance

"Spare me from the whining women who are giving feminism a bad name" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. January 28, 2012.

All reluctance is a lack of confidence.

Reluctance, Lack Of Confidence

One of the best signs of being fitted for power is reluctance to hold it.

Reluctance

There is nothing more precious to a man than his will; there is nothing which he relinquishes with so much reluctance.

Men, Reluctance

J. G. HOLLAND (1866). “PLAIN TALKS ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS”, p.243

Why this reluctance to make the change? We fear the process of reeducation.

Management, Process, Reluctance

We seem to be afflicted by a widespread and eroding reluctance to take any stand on any values, moral, behavioral or esthetic.

Moral, Reluctance, Seems

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