Quotes About Decisiveness

Political courage requires clarity.

If you call yourself a leader, then you have to be decisive. If you're decisive, then you have the chance to be a leader. These are two sides to the same coin.

He meant don't overthink. Don't overprepare. Don't let research become Resistance. Don't spend six months compiling a thousand-page tome detailing the emotional matrix and family history of every character in your book. Outline it fast. Now. On instinct.

Bestow rewards without regard to rule, issue orders without regard to previous arrangements, and you will be able to handle a whole army as though you had to do with but a single man.

The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts. Vacillation and fussiness are the surest means of sapping confidence of an army.

A previous information allows wise rulers and valuable generals to move and conquer.

A wise warrior never gets lost when he goes; he's never in confusion, when acting.

A man of honor does swiftly that which must be done.

If you can't do something smart, do something right.

When in doubt, do the obvious.

In the morning, I'll know just what to do.

The most prominent place in hell is reserved for those who are neutral on the great issues of life.

Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit Leaders are obligated to respectfully challenge decisions when they disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting. Leaders have conviction and are tenacious. They do not compromise for the sake of social cohesion. Once a decision is determined, they commit wholly.

Better not to think at all than to think halfway.

I don't mind getting my hands dirty, and I don't mind getting to the truth of a situation and saying, 'You're right, you're wrong, next case.'

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.

I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' when I was a kid and say 'Yeah!' or 'Boo!' at every single song. So there was nothing in the middle. You brutally put it on one side or another.

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.

To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.

It takes thousands of bullets to kill an army but one to end a war.

There is the perception that the government's handling of the Covid-19 crisis has certainly not included adjectives that are more commonly associated with the Singapore government, such as clarity and decisiveness.

Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence.

You can't make accommodations in crucial situations and be heroic.

I can't deal in ifs or in hypothetical situations. I only deal in absolutes.