Our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying has increased the harm we inflict on people and denied them… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and pretense of reluctance. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Experience teaches, that men are often so much governed by what they are accustomed to see and practice, that the simplest and… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is usual for a woman, even though she may ardently desire to give herself to a man, to feign reluctance, to… — Stefan Zweig 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
Women come into marriage with great inflated expectations for what they want this relationship to be, and men don't give it that… — Elizabeth Gilbert 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
I was busy with my family, my budding career as a TV writer, my antipathy for the Los Angeles Lakers, and my… — Richard E. Robbins 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
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
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
I see too many men delay their exits with a sickly, slow reluctance to leave the stage. It's bad theater as well… — John Steinbeck 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
Receive the gifts of fortune without pride, and part with them without reluctance. — Marcus Aurelius 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
For me there is a reluctance to be in front of cameras. I love making music but with that comes a lot… — Daniel Powter 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
“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
Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect all who seek it ... We should grant power over our affairs only to those who are… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
With his decision to use force against the violent extremists of the Islamic State, President Obama ... is stepping once again -… — Hisham Melhem Copy Share Image
Farewell has a sweet sound of reluctance. Good-by is short and final, a word with teeth sharp to bite through the string… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
My reluctance to use alien invasion is due to the feeling that we are not likely to be invaded and taken over.… — Clifford D. Simak 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
Matt Le Tissier had firm views about Austria's reluctance to allow Turkey full membership of the EU last Saturday, I seem to… — Jeff Stelling Copy Share Image
