Quotes About Deliberation

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

It is always better to be wise rather than courageous.

Never act on impulse. Plan first. Think it through. Then act.

Do not stir up the water if you do not know how to catch fish.

Though a good motive cannot sanction a bad action, a bad motive will always vitiate a good action. In common and trivial matters we may act without motives, but in momentous ones the most careful deliberation is wisdom.

Speak not nor act before thou hast reflected.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

I am telling you to be a slow-speaking person.

Be very slow to go into looking for solutions.

I ask you to go back and read them over again, and this time answer them keeping in mind that you are writing your children's future with your answers.

And such men, you know, before finding out in what way something they desire can exist, put that question aside so they won't grow weary deliberating about what's possible and not.

But still—well, we mustn't get too groovy.

I mean to take my time about it, aye?

remained on hands and knees, eyes narrowed thoughtfully

A diplomat must always think twice before he says nothing.

Be slow in deliberation, but be prompt to carry out your resolves

To a quick question, give a slow answer.

deliberation cannot be merely an extension of sense, for we are capable of being attracted by non-sensible objects like knowledge and justice. Still

I've let it remain as it was to see what it is.

I've become convinced that our lives are shaped less by the mistakes we make than when we make them. There is less elasticity now. Less time to bounce back. And so I heed the urgent whisper and move with greater and greater deliberation.

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.

Gamache had patiently explained, over and over, over the years, that he was doing something. He was thinking. It had taken Beauvoir years to see the power of pausing. And of patience. Of taking a breath to consider all options, all angles, and not simply acting on the most obvious.

It had taken Beauvoir years to see the power of pausing. And of patience. Of taking a breath to consider all options, all angles, and not simply acting on the most obvious.

Though the man of action, the politician, may sometimes pay no attention to the results of this examination, the man of thought will never cease to inquire into all things accessible to human intelligence. And in the long run thought must determine action.