The percentage of mistakes in quick decisions is no greater than in long-drawn-out vacillation, and the effect of decisiveness itself 'makes things go' and creates confidence

Quote by Anne O Hare McCormick

Topics: Decision Quotes, Mistakes Quotes

We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured...

We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured...

It is not always what we know or analyzed before we make a decision that...

It is not always what we know or analyzed before we make a decision that...

If there is a way to delay in important decision, the good bureaucracy, public or...

If there is a way to delay in important decision, the good bureaucracy, public or...

When you approach a problem, strip yourself of preconceived opinions and prejudice, assemble and learn...

When you approach a problem, strip yourself of preconceived opinions and prejudice, assemble and learn...

Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not.

Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not.

We should choose the right because it is right, and leave consequences with God.

We should choose the right because it is right, and leave consequences with God.

Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he...

Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he...

The decision doesn't have to be logical, it was unanimous.

The decision doesn't have to be logical, it was unanimous.

My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't...

My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't...

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

Don't you ever wonder maybe if you took a left turn instead of a right...

Don't you ever wonder maybe if you took a left turn instead of a right...

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to...

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to...

Here's how it works: the president makes decisions. He's the decider. The press secretary announces...

Here's how it works: the president makes decisions. He's the decider. The press secretary announces...

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going...

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going...

There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most...

There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most...

When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss...

When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss...

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

We've all made mistakes on the way.

We've all made mistakes on the way.

Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying...

Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying...