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Quotes About Decisiveness

If I have one skill as a manager, I can make things extremely clear.
~ Ben Horowitz
I was constantly reading books about how to direct, and asking directors, 'How do you do it?' And when I finally actually started doing the work, it seemed like you have to be decisive and have an opinion. But also you have to be a good collaborator and hire the right people to shore up whatever your skill set is.
~ Susanna Fogel
Just go with your gut and communicate.
~ Andy Cohen
How much I love every thing that is decided and open!
~ Jane Austen
Courage is what makes us do the right thing even when nobody else is doing it.
~ Bill Pittman
Drop all this foolishness. Once and for all. Do not play the simpleton, do not be coy, do not lower your eyes bashfully. It will end badly someday. The dreadful line is very close here. One step, and you fall straight into the abyss. That is where the whole evil lies. Do not be embarrassed to refuse. Pretend that you never learned to dance or have broken your leg.
~ Boris Pasternak
The solution to being with the wrong guy is to leave. There. Solved.
~ Sylvia Day
En realidad nosotros somos como las comedias cuando uno llega al teatro en el segundo acto. Todo es muy bonito pero no se entiende nada. Los actores hablan y actúan no se sabe por qué, a causa de qué. Proyectamos en ellos nuestra propia ignorancia, y nos parecen unos locos que entran y salen muy decididos.
~ Julio Cortazar
So she became a woman who held her head high, not in arrogance, or contempt, but because she knew that it was a form of cowardice to make a choice and then pretend you didn't really make it
~ Kamila Shamsie
I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen
~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
As a showrunner, you can never be a 'maybe.' When I do movies, there is a lot of, 'Maybe' and, 'Let's investigate that.' But for TV, it has to be yes or no.
~ Ryan Murphy
When I make a decision to run, I will make an investment, just like any business I've made investments in before.
~ Robert Blaha
Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife - chopping off what's incomplete and saying: 'Now, it's complete because it's ended here.' - from "Collected Sayings of Maud'Dib'' by the Princess Irulan
~ Frank Herbert
May you rule in wisdom.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Become a worry-slapper. Treat frets like mosquitoes. Do you procrastinate when a bloodsucking bug lights on your skin? 'I'll take care of it in a moment.' Of course you don't! You give the critter the slap it deserves. Be equally decisive with anxiety.
~ Max Lucado
People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.
~ Anna Wintour
Do what you feel is right and back yourself up. Live the life you want to live.
~ Jack Barakat
I want you to be nice...until it's time to not be nice.
~ Patrick Swayze
I feel lonely at times, but I don't want to get into a relationship with someone if it is not right. I'm not the type of person who just does things to do them.
~ Tom Cruise
Im a perfectionist and, when it comes to people I want to work with, I have changed my mind, like, millions of times.
~ Cassie Ventura
Along in Life As you will go Remember the Times When you must say "NO!
~ Stephen Cosgrove
I think if you're going to kill somebody, kill them! Don't stand around talking about it!
~ Stephen Sommers
Focus is about saying, No. And the result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts.
~ Steve Jobs