Quotes About Decisiveness

Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but hes not a man of action. It is as if a tennis player before returning a ball stopped to think about his views of the physical and mental advantages of tennis. You must act as you breathe.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.

A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered; in a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life.

Vacillating people seldom succeed. They seldom win the solid respect of their fellows. Successful men and women are very careful in reaching decisions, and very persistent and determined in action thereafter.

Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.

There are certain things in war of which the commander alone comprehends the importance. Nothing but his superior firmness and ability can subdue and surmount all difficulties.

Hence the experienced soldier, once in motion, is never bewildered; once he has broken camp, he is never at a loss.

Bestow rewards without respect to customary practice; publish orders without respect to precedent. Thus you may employ the entire army as you would one man.

Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

As the head of an expedition, you can't pussyfoot around being polite to everyone. You have to show your teeth once in a while; a little growling goes a long way.

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.

A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.

No man is able to make progress when he is wavering between opposite things.

What is important in a leader is a resolute will and determination. A man may be versatile and learned, but if he lacks resoluteness and determination, of what use will he be?

Feller was an ebullient man, who would rather be wrong than undecided.

Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.

It's never too late to do the right thing.

I can't be anything but what I am, Elle. If you want a man who is going to treat you like a broken doll, you sure as hell come to the wrong place. And if you expect me to step aside and let you make decisions that are ultimately going to harm you, then baby, you definitely have the wrong man because I protect my woman. Right or wrong, politically correct or not, I stand in front of her when there's need.

There was a certain feminine satisfaction in having the last word, delivering her line smartly, and breaking the connection between them quickly and decisively.

Coffee. It was decisive. Without their women, their chosen drink would always be what it had been.

So it is best for you to withdraw into the world of your portents, for there at least you can decide yourself how portentous they are.

Everybody has noticed the way cats stop and loiter in a half-open door. Hasn't everyone said to a cat: For heaven's sake, why don't you come in? With opportunity half-open in front of them, there are men who have a similar tendency to remain undecided between two solutions, at the risk of being crushed by fate abruptly closing the opportunity. The overprudent, cats as they are, and because they are cats, sometimes run more danger than the bold.

Tools?" scoffed Kalisti, "Tools are for people who have nothing better to do than think things through and make sensible plans.