Hesitation

"He who hesitates is lost."

"In ipsa dubitatione facinus inest, etiamsi ad id non pervenerint."

"Determination in a single instance is an expression of courage; if it becomes characteristic, a mental habit. But here we are referring not to physical courage but to courage to accept responsibility, courage in the face of a moral danger. This has often been called courage d'esprit, because it is created by the intellect. That, however, does not make it an act of the intellect: it is an act of temperament. Intelligence alone is not courage; we often see that the most intelligent people are irresolute. Since in the rush of events a man is governed by feelings rather than by thought, the intellect needs to arouse the quality of courage, which then supports and sustains it in action. Looked at in this way, the role of determination is to limit the agonies of doubt and the perils of hesitation when the motives for action are inadequate."

"Does a tear of hesitation fall on everything you touch?"

"Mind that has no hesitation, no anticipation, is meditation."

"Dualism, contradiction, torments of hesitation - is something of illness, integrity is health, people strive for it instinctively."

"Audendo virtus crescit, tardando timor."