Ah, we shall never have a real aristocracy while this plebeian reluctance to live upon a parent or a wife continues the animating spirit of our youth. It strikes at the foot of the feudal system! - Howells William Dean
There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice. - Joseph Addison
Medora Manson, in her prosperous days, inaugurated a "literary salon"; but it had soon died out owing to the reluctance of the literary to frequent it. - Edith Wharton
The only thing standing between you and your dreams is ... reluctance. - Carroll Bryant
Don't let your life be steered by your reluctance to do a little extra thinking. - The Sorting Hat
What we're learning in our schools is not the wisdom of life. We're learning technologies, we're getting information. There's a curious reluctance on the part of faculties to indicate the life values of their subjects. - Joseph Campbell
Beauty is dad kissing mom's hand when it cramps.Beauty is seeing a Persian woman dance.Ugly is not the absence of beauty.Uglyis the inability to identify it.The inability to be surprised by it.It is the persistent reluctance to be made a child by it.Beauty is simplythe manifestation oflove. - Kamand Kojouri
MARTYR, n. One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death. - Ambrose Bierce
Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness. - Martin Luther