The man who does not betake himself at once and desperately to sawing is called a loafer, though he may be knocking at the doors of heaven all the while.
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance.
I'm an armchair kind of guy, especially when it's raining, which it always is and always will be.
I knew someone had to take the first step. So I made up my mind not to move.
I am accustomed to think very long of going anywhere,--am slow to move. I hope to hear a response of the oracle first.
Action isn’t my forte. I’m an expert on contemplation and mild regret.
It is the cowish terror of his spirit that dares not undertake; he'll not feel wrongs which tie him to an answer.
He thought and suffered a good deal but he lacked the resolution to dare--the first requisite of a practitioner.
