hesitate
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To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.
To stammer; to falter in speaking.
To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
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As soon as you open your mouth to call her, she hastens as a true mother. Therefore, don't hesitate to call upon her at every moment, and you will find her an unmercenary helper and physician in your afflictions.
A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
If you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.
A good paymaster does not hesitate to give good security.
Do not hesitate or you will be left in between doing something, having something and being nothing.