indecision

n.
Reluctance or an inability to make up one's mind; irresolution.

noun

The act of hesitating or state of being hesitant: hesitancy, hesitation, indecisiveness, irresoluteness, irresolution, pause, shilly-shally, tentativeness, timidity, timidness, to-and-fro, vacillation. See decide/hesitate.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

The chief element of success; "for whereas," saith Sir Thomas Brewbold, "there is but one way to do nothing and divers way to do something, whereof, to a surety, only one is the right way, it followeth that he who from indecision standeth still hath not so many chances of going astray as he who pusheth forwards" -- a most clear and satisfactory exposition on the matter.

"Your prompt decision to attack," said Genera Grant on a certain occasion to General Gordon Granger, "was admirable; you had but five minutes to make up your mind in."

"Yes, sir," answered the victorious subordinate, "it is a great thing to be know exactly what to do in an emergency. When in doubt whether to attack or retreat I never hesitate a moment -- I toss us a copper."

"Do you mean to say that's what you did this time?" "Yes, General; but for Heaven's sake don't reprimand me: I disobeyed the coin."

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Quotes:

"He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship." - Kenneth Baker

"You need an infinite stretch of time ahead of you to start to think, infinite energy to make the smallest decision. The world is getting denser. The immense number of useless projects is bewildering. Too many things have to be put in to balance up an uncertain scale. You can't disappear anymore. You die in a state of total indecision." - Jean Baudrillard

"We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over." - Aneurin Bevan

"Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away." - Samuel Butler

"In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse." - T. S. Eliot

"I used to be indecisive; now I'm not sure." - Graffiti

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ubeslutsomhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
besluiteloosheid

Français (French)
n. - indécision

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unentschlossenheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έλλειψη αποφασιστικότητας, αναποφασιστικότητα, αοριστία

Italiano (Italian)
indecisione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - indecisão (f)

Русский (Russian)
нерешительность

Español (Spanish)
n. - indecisión, irresolución

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - obeslutsamhet, tvekan

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
优柔寡断

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 優柔寡斷

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 우유부단

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 決断がつかないこと, 優柔不断, ためらい, 不決断

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حيرة, تردد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הססנות, חוסר החלטה‬

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