There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly.

“...there is nothing the wise man does reluctantly. He escapes necessity because he wills what necessity is going to force on him.”

— Seneca

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

— Lao Tzu

A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.

— Mark Twain

The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.

— Seneca the Younger

“She had a hard time making herself let go and they waged a short, silent, silly little battle that he won, which she reluctantly…

— Karen Marie Moning

Reluctantly crouched at the starting line

— Cake

Turning the thermostat down is something that I do pretty reluctantly. I like to be able to walk around in whatever I fancy at…

— Anonymous

Few people become assholes reluctantly.

— Geoffrey Nunberg

“Per said reluctantly. Being the grandson of Frans Ringholm afforded him a special status within the group, and in a weak moment he had”

— Camilla Läckberg

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

— Anonymous

I have come, reluctantly, to the conclusion that Boris [Johnson] cannot provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead.

— Michael Gove

Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly.

— Otto Rank

“Reluctantly, and with much hesitation, did she then begin what might perhaps, at the end of half an hour, be termed, by the courtesy…

— Jane Austen

Then she offers him a slim but sincere smile, and he reluctantly returns it. It doesn't bridge the gap between them, but at least…

— Neal Shusterman

I am very reluctantly healthy.

— Judy Greer