The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness - it's acting in the face of fear. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Federal judges are just very reluctant to stick the government with responsibility. — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
In 1995, I was thrust into the role of reluctant, flag-waving feminist and emotionally-focused artist/advocate. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
As much as I have done collaborations over the years, I am actually kind of a reluctant partner. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
Things happen in a way that surprises. That's why I'm reluctant to predict. You cannot predict. — Amira Hass Copy Share Image
Christmas is forced upon a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press; on its own merits it would wither… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Everyone in daily life carries such a heavy mixed burden on his own conscience that he is reluctant to penalize those who… — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
“This idea is fraught with peril, and I fear that my answers to your questions will be interpreted as approval rather than… — Raymond Chen Copy Share Image
But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people… — Parminder Nagra Copy Share Image
I suspect that Jesus spoke many of his parables as a kind of sad and holy joke and that that may be… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
This president has been reluctant to hold anybody accountable. No one was held accountable after September the 11th. Nobody's been held accountable… — Bob Graham Copy Share Image
Beginning a new habit, or ending an old one can feel like letting go of a rope that swings a mile above… — Philippa Perry Copy Share Image
There are no reluctant leaders. A real leader must really want the job. . . . If you find the need for… — Ira C. Eaker Copy Share Image
The report begins by asserting that it is a 'comprehensive' look at Benghazi resulting from an intensive investigation of nearly two years.… — Stephen F. Hayes Copy Share Image
Passonate, irreverent, utterly relevant, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk offers an unforgettable portrait of a reluctant hero. Ben Fountain writes like a… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
When I was really young, I was reluctant to be perceived as bossy, and I thought that working with an ensemble was… — Liza Johnson Copy Share Image
Technique to me is a kind of a ... I'm reluctant to talk about it because it seems so obvious to me… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
When Laura Poitras asked me if she could film our encounters, I was extremely reluctant. I'm grateful that I allowed her to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It’s very easy… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It is wonderful how shy even liberal ministers generally are about trusting people with the plain truth concerning their religion. They want… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
My parents never referenced Ethiopia that much, largely because of the circumstances under which we left. We left during a time of… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than a moving plane, ship or train. There… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
The greatest economic minds of the 19th century, all of them without exception, considered economic growth as a temporary necessity. When all… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
I hate war, and I hate having to struggle. I honestly do because I wish I had been born into a world… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
What I’m talking about is more than recompense for past injustices—more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a reluctant bribe.… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
A thunder-storm!—the eloquence of heaven, When every cloud is from its slumber riven, Who hath not paused beneath its hollow groan, And… — Robert Montgomery Copy Share Image
