#sita

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand. ↗

— John Ruskin

#best #doing #doubt #hand #hesitation

I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness I feel for strangers on walkers. The deeper love I have for my siblings and friends. The desire to play the mandolin. The gift of a visitation. ↗

— Mary Schmich

#deeper #desire #energy #feel #followed

There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#doing #hesitation #just #me #never

There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing. Unlike being in a band or a play or something, I don't have to rely on anyone else but me. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#anyone #band #being #doing #else

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#accomplished #brave #doctor #does #even

People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in my position don't get approached often enough. ↗

— David Sylvian

#anticipate #approached #artists #ask #because

I would, without any hesitation, shoot a violent criminal again. ↗

— Bernhard Goetz

#any #criminal #hesitation #i #shoot

But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules of evidence to be sound, we may be excused if we hesitate elsewhere to give it credence. ↗

— Simon Greenleaf

#elsewhere #evidence #excused #give #hand

If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea. ↗

— M. Night Shyamalan

#hesitant #i #idea #right #right idea

The act of exploring what the men are, and moreover the separation of the good from the evil, is visitation; and the good are then removed, and the evil are left behind. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

#behind #evil #exploring #good #left