Quotes About Deliberation

The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity.

I've gotta think before I act

Jon, larger and more gentle, moved slowly, spoke seldom and seemed to have burdened with the responsibility of pondering the world's imponderables.

Think twice, act once, is what everyone says.

Draw significant conclusions slowly.

If you don't have reservations, you're a fool. You can't go blind into something.

When deliberating, think in campaigns and not battles; in wars and not campaigns; in ultimate conquest and not wars.

Think about this carefully, Felicity, before you answer: Is there a

Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.

The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one's deliberations, when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field.

Hay que reflexionar y deliberar antes de tomar cualquier decisión.

Nunca se debe atacar por cólera y con prisas. Es aconsejable tomarse tiempo en la planificación y coordinación del plan.

She gave this some thought. "Oh,

The misapprehension about gender performativity is this: that gender is a choice, or that gender is a role, or that gender is a construction that one puts on, as one puts on clothes in the morning, that there is a 'one' who is prior to this gender, a one who goes to the wardrobe of gender and decides with deliberation which gender it will be today.

The Senate is not the sort of place where instant gratification, I should say, is very likely.

Interior design wasn't something I rushed into.

else to go Felicity sits down upon the steps to consider

had enough time to think about it.

A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place.

have learned over the years to control my emotions and, more important, my reactions during stressful, volatile situations. I may strike quickly and violently, but I do nothing without a certain level of deliberation and purpose. These

That was the one thing that made me think, well, this may be the shadow of a beginning. That jury took a few hours. An inevitable verdict, maybe, but usually it takes 'em just a few minutes. This time—" he broke off and looked at us. "You might like to know that there was one fellow who took considerable wearing down—in the beginning he was rarin' for an outright acquittal.

I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind if I have to make a decision. This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, looking deep into myself, taking the necessary time.

The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty.

Introverts think carefully before they speak. We can be excellent public speakers because we prepare carefully.