Nora Roberts Quotes

If every conceivable precaution is taken at first, one is often too discouraged to proceed at all.

How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.

A lot of people don't just go ahead and try things.

There's always a reason not to do anything... to flee the need to make decisions.

I'm not really much of a risk taker.

Fear has made them sloppy. The world teeters at a precipe. All scared to take a step in case they put a foot into empty air. The instinct of self-preservation. It can destroy a man's efficiency.

I don’t want to throw everything away for something uncertain.

of all the follies that we can commit, the greatest is to hesitate.

He who hesitates is poor.

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.

I've made lots of mistakes. Probably the worst one - I would say they tie. It's either when I didn't move fast enough on something, or I didn't take a big enough risk.

He who considers too much will perform little.

Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.

You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all.

The only risk we run is by doing nothing.

I am very indecisive. I'm always afraid of making the wrong decision.

I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.

On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of decision, sat down to wait, and waiting died.

Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts.

The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.

[Referring to Jimmy Carter:] Jimmy's basic problem is that he's super cautious. He looks before and after he leaps.

Timidity is the root of prudence in the majority of men.

I don't reject caution, but you also have to be careful about caution because there's a stage when it turns into paralysis.

I'm the worst at making decisions!

I think sometimes when things have too much time to develop you overthink it and you start making changes that aren't necessary.