When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one. — Gustav Mahler Copy Share Image
One of the most persistent cultural tics of the early 21st century is Americans' reluctance to absorb, let alone prepare for, bad… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
Lots of women love to accuse men of being immature when the fellow in question displays a reluctance to 'commit.' — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
“I always had a strong reluctance to hurt people, which is always the best way of hurting oneself.” — Romain Gary Copy Share Image
There is nothing more precious to a man than his will; there is nothing which he relinquishes with so much reluctance. — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
I think anybody can relate to the reluctance to have to lead sometimes. — Geoff Stults Copy Share Image
Bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Our All is at Stake, and the little Conveniencys and Comforts of Life, when set in Competition with our Liberty, ought to… — George Mason Copy Share Image
For many businesses, the fear behind their social media reluctance isn't just fear of failure but of blame and accountability - both… — Jay Baer Copy Share Image
I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance… — Rodney Alexander Copy Share Image
In one way, I'm sympathetic to the institutional reluctance to face the music. I'd give a lot to mark my weight to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
On the approach of spring, I withdraw without reluctance from the noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
There is such a reluctance to address sex as an inherent part of the human experience in this country... The true perversion… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
I am apt to think, if we knew what it was to be an angel for one hour, we should return to… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
Love, not anger, brought Jesus to the cross. Golgotha came as a result of God's great desire to forgive, not his reluctance.… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Facts were never pleasing to him. He acquired them with reluctance and got rid of them with relief. He was never on… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
“In cases of distasteful occupation, the second day is generally worse than the first; we return to the rack with all the… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
You know, people who almost - yeah, there's a slight reluctance there - but there's also an ambiguity. What are their morals?… — Matt Robinson Copy Share Image
“No,” he admitted, and my instincts sang out at his reluctance. “That’s across the hall.” Crutch swinging, I started for the door,… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Though her husband often went on business trips, she hated to be left alone. "I've solved your problem," he said. "I've bought… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
There are some films that arrive here from the international festival circuit almost incandescent with self-importance. They hover into the cinema in… — Peter Bradshaw Copy Share Image
Most recently, the President's reluctance to offend Senator Rick Santorum -- a Catholic theocrat who believes that states should have the power… — Bill Keller Copy Share Image
What [Nietzsche] calls slave morality is to him purely spite-morality; and this spite-morality gave new names to all ideals. Thus impotence, which… — Georg Brandes Copy Share Image