Quotes About Decision-making

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

Indecision is like a stepchild: if he doesn't wash his hands, he is called dirty; if he does, he is wasting the water.

If Moses had been a committee, the Israelites would still be in Egypt.

A committee of one gets things done.

A camel is a horse designed by a committee.

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.

Most people are not for or against anything; the first object of getting people together is to make them respond somehow, to overcome inertia.

Courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

Choice of attention ... is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.

Full maturity ... is achieved by realizing that you have choices to make.

The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them, and then make our plans with confidence.

You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act.

How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?

Many persons of high intelligence have notoriously poor judgement.

False conclusions which have been reasoned out are infinitely worse than blind impulse.

When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one, then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out, one against the other, I take the course indicated by what remains.

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.

It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.

When one devotes oneself to meditation, mental burdens, unnecessary worries, and wandering thoughts drop off one by one; life seems to run smoothly and pleasantly. A student may now depend on intuition to make decisions. As one acts on intuition, second thought, with its dualism, doubt and hesitation, does not arise.

Good judgement comes from experience, and experience - well, that comes from poor judgement.

The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.