Quotes About Decisiveness

What we guard against around here is people saying, 'Let's think about it.' We make a decision. Then we act on it.

People can only pull you in one direction at a time.

Let us seize the special opportunity that is ours to act boldly and decisively at a time when the eyes of our fellow citizens, both present and future, are upon us.

If I just do it, it will take less time than telling someone what I'm thinking, and have them free associate, and then come back to me and I'll hate it and I'll have to redo it.

I was brought up,' Freddy informed him, 'not to suffer anxiety about decisive initiative of all types.

Now is no time to delay. This is the edge of action.

In this world, two ilk of men exist-those who think they don't need to, and those who think they must. A third alien type exists when indecisiveness is involved.

No, sir," Stoner said, and the decisiveness of his voice surprised him. He thought with some wonder of the decision he had suddenly made.

No question is ever settled until it is settled right.

The first time the temptation comes, meet it in such a decided manner that it will never be repeated!

When in doubt, act.

the Home Secretary, a young man of thirty-seven, impossible to ignore, who, from his inappropriate post, had pelted the Prime Minister during the crisis with ideas on naval and military strategy, all of them quite sound, had produced an astonishingly accurate prediction of the future course of the fighting, and who had no doubts whatever about what needed to be done. The Home Secretary was Winston Churchill.

I command, or I keep quiet." Napoleon

I need no Chief," said the Kaiser; "I can do this for myself.

Do what you want to do And go where you're going to Think for yourself 'Cause I won't be there with you

I can say this: I'm not going to be some guy hanging around and trying to make every last dime in this game. I mean, I'm really going to let the game just decide it for me.

He who hesitates is a damned fool.

Everything I do in my life is very instinctual and in the moment. If I'm attracted to something, that's it. If I have reservations, those don't change till they're resolved. My first impression is how I go.

In some times of the game, you have to be more simple.

It's all about timing and taking out big shots at the right time.

Timing is very important in politics.

In politics and life, timing is everything.

Every time you change your orders without obvious reason, you weaken your authority.

Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She's ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.