Business Quotes Regarding Decision

There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness and decision of character. I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what, in given circumstances, is to be done, and does it. William Hazlitt

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness or oppose with firmness. Charles Hole

When, against one’s will, one is high pressured into making a hurried decision, the best answer is always No, because No is more easily change to Yes, than Yes is changed to No. Charles E. Nelson

An executive is a man who decides; sometimes he decides right but always he decides. John Henry Patterson

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions. Sophocles

I have to a wrong a certain number of times in order to be right a certain number of times. However, in order to be either, I must first make a decision. Frank N. Giampietro

Decision is a sharp knife that cuts clean and straight; indecision, a dull one that hacks and tears and leaves ragged edges behind it. Gordon Graham

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H L Mencken

Every decision you make is a mistake. Edward Dahlberg

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity. Oliver Wendell Holmes

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you cannot accept regret. Henri Frédéric Amiel

When you come to a fork in the road – take it. Yogi Berra

When you approach a problem, strip yourself of preconceived opinions and prejudice, assemble and learn the facts of the situation, make the decision which seems to you to be the most honest, and then stick to it. Chester Bowles

Never make a decision yourself, if you don’t have to. When one of your men asks you a question, ask what is the answer. There is only one to many questions, and, therefore, this method answers many questions before they are asked. It not only develops your men, but also enables you to measure their ability. Henry L. Doherty

In many lines of work, it isn’t how much you do that counts, but how much you do well and how often you decide right. William Feather

Nothing can be more destructive to vigor of action than protracted, anxious fluctuation, through resolutions adopted, rejected, resumed, and suspended, and nothing causes a greater expense of feeling. A man without decision can never be said to belong to himself; he is as a wave of the sea, or a feather in the air which every breeze blows about as it listeth. John Foster

When possible make the decisions now, even if action is in the future. A reviewed decision usually is better than one reached at the last moment. William B. Given, Jr.

Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself; it is, one might also say, habit-forming. Not only that, but it is contagious; it transmits itself to others . . . Business is dependent upon action. It cannot go forward by hesitation. Those in executive positions must fortify themselves with facts and accept responsibility for decisions based upon them. Often greater risk is involved in postponement than in making a wrong decision. Harry A. Hopf

The percentage of mistakes in quick decisions is no greater than in long-drawn-out vacillations, and the effect of decisiveness itself makes things go and creates confidence. Anne O’Hare McCormick