Wavering Quotations

We were wavering around like a ship without a sail.

At times, I have been criticized by some philosophers of education, who place me in postures that they classify pejoratively as 'revolutionary.' But I have had the satisfaction of being invited to work in societies making progressive efforts without wavering. They were changing, and so they called on me.

The wavering mind is but a base possession.

My work explores the frontier between rationalism and superstition and the wavering boundary between the two.

In negotiating with rejected lovers or husbands, women must stop thinking they can make everyone happy. In many cases of harassment and stalking, it is clear that the woman never learned how to terminate the fantasy which requires resolution and decisiveness on their part. Wavering, dithering, or passive hysterical fear will only intensify or prolong pursuit.

Theology, I am persuaded, derives its initial impulse from a religious wavering; for there is quite as much, or more, that is mysterious and calculated to awaken scientific curiosity in the intercourse with God, and it [is] a problem quite analogous to that of theology.

Mountain, mountain, mountain, marking time. Each nameless, wall beyond wall, wavering redefinition of horizon.

O Fortune, how thy restless, wavering state has fraught with cares my troubled wit!

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask God, that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering (James 1:5-6).

He may try to go to school in Poland. He was a major part of our greatest year and obviously, if he had come back, we'd be a top 20 team this year. There had to be a deadline. A lot of coaches might have done everything they could to convince him to come back, but I felt that because he was still wavering at such a late date, if he's not sure he should be here than he probably shouldn't be here.

I think there are probably lawmakers who are wavering and people who think it is undesirable for there to be any major, unpredictable upheaval.

Natasha had been wavering the past few weeks. It didn't come as a surprise.

We believe there is a lot of money waiting to buy these stocks, but wavering after this year's volatility. As summer ends, we believe its time to buy a broader list of stocks.

My center is giving way, my right is pushed back, my left is wavering. The situation is excellent. I shall attack!

Any violence which does not spring from a spiritual base, will be wavering and uncertain. It lacks the stability which can only rest in a fanatical outlook.

At a wavering instant the swallows gave way to bats By the Ponte Vecchio . . . Changing guard.

Even if many of the undecided end up not voting, this share of 'don't knows' suggests voters are still wavering right up to the election.

There is no wavering in our relationship of trust, ... We have not overcome deflation yet so the priority should be on that. We'd like the BOJ to cooperate.

It's been a long time since we've won, period. Just winning a game is paramount around here. We haven't played that poorly, we just haven't put together four quarters. Tonight we were wavering a little bit but we hung with it. I liked the fight that we had out there, and that carried us through.

The world is teetering on the brink of conflicts while the Administration's policies are vague, wavering and unclear. Major financial conflicts of interest involving the President, the Attorney General, the Vice President and others in the Administration have been and continue to be exposed.

There is a goal but no way; what we call the way is mere wavering.

The Self has turned out to mean so many things, to mean them so ambiguously, and to be so wavering in its application, that we do not feel encouraged.

All the strength and force of man come from his faith in things unseen.

Noble and manly music invigorates the spirit, strengthens the wavering man, and incites him to great and worthy deeds.

I don't see any wavering of the support for the leader. I think a lot of members think he's taking arrows for all of us.

I'm a strong believer in stating your position and not wavering.

Wavering and burning like a golden lie.

We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.

Through personal prayer, through family prayer, by trusting in God with faith, nothing wavering, we can call down to our rescue His mighty power.

Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, more longing, wavering, sooner lost and won, than women's are.

The best worship that we ever render to God is far from perfect. Our praises, how faint and feeble they are! Our prayers, how wandering, how wavering they are! When we get nearest to God, how far off we are! When we are most like Him, how greatly unlike Him we are!

Rumour is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures And of so easy and so plain a stop That the blunt monster with uncounted heads, The still-discordant wavering multitude, Can play upon it.

Our worst foes are not belligerent circumstances, but wavering spirits ...

Better a wrong will than a wavering; better a steadfast enemy than an uncertain friend; better a false belief than no belief at all.

With wavering steps does fickle fortune stray, Nowhere she finds a firm and fixed abode; But now all smiles, and now again all frowns, She's constant only in inconstancy.

How often do we contradict the right rules of reason in the whole course of our lives! Reason itself is true and just, but the reason of every particular man is weak and wavering, perpetually swayed and turned by his interests, his passions, and his vices.

You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don't blame her; she is just looking for a consistent man.

The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.