Afraid lest he be caught up in a net of words, tripped up, bewildered and so defeated -- thrown aside -- a man hesitates to write down his innermost convictions.
Afraid lest he be caught up in a net of words, tripped up, bewildered and so defeated -- thrown aside -- a man hesitates to write down his innermost convictions.
I learned when I was very young that he who hesitates is lost. If you wait for the bargain, the bargain may not be there.
While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
He who hesitates is a damned fool.
A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.
He who hesitates is poor.
She wavers, she hesitates in one word, she is a woman. (Elle flotte, elle h.
Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.
Dali is like a man who hesitates between talent and genius, or, as one might once have said, between vice and virtue.
He who hesitates is sometimes saved.
The examining physician often hesitates to make the necessary examination because it involves soiling the finger.
He's a young kid that's going to make some young mistakes but we just have to get him playing fast all of the time. When he hesitates, that's when he gets in trouble. He needs to believe in his instincts, believe in his reads, prepare during the week so that he knows it and it's a natural reaction and just go play.
A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong What if you're making a mistake you can't undo The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we hadn't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.
I can't wait to get back to New York City where at least when I walk down the streat, no one ever hesitates to tell me exactly what they think of me.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories