best quotations about
Decisions |
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Quotations
 | Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 21 likes |
 | At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you. — Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher 11 likes |
 | When the decision is up before you-and on my desk I have a motto which says “The buck stops here” -the decision has to be made. — Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953] 8 likes |
 | Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. — Anonymous (attributed to various authors but the origin of this saying is unknown) 7 likes |
 | In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart. — Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis 6 likes |
 | A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards. — Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer 6 likes |
 | The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously. — Henry Kissinger, 1923-2023, American politician 6 likes |
| All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it. — Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953] 4 likes |
 | The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 4 likes |
 | A decision without an alternative is a desperate gambler’s throw. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 4 likes |
 | All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last. — Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer 4 likes |
| Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 3 likes |
| One has to make a decision when a condition is likely to degenerate if nothing is done. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 3 likes |
 | If they were easy decisions, they would have been made at a lower level. It’s always the toughest decisions that find their way to the top. — Donald Rumsfeld, American politician 3 likes |
| Those who made the decisions with imperfect knowledge will be judged in hindsight by those with considerably more information at their disposal and time for reflection. — Donald Rumsfeld, American politician 3 likes |
 | The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take. — Northcote Parkinson, 1909-1993, British historian 2 likes |
| Once the facts are clear, the decisions jump out at you. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 2 likes |
| A management decision is irresponsible if it risks disaster this year for the sake of a grandiose future. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 2 likes |
 | Better a tooth out than always aching. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 2 likes |
 | Sometimes a decision has to be made by a single individual, who has the authority to enforce it. That's why you need a captain. You can't run a ship by a committee-at least not all the time. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 2 likes |
 | The wise does at once what the fool does at last. |
| Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second. |
 | Executive: a man who makes quick decisions and is sometimes right. |
 | Now is always the hardest time to invest. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman |
 | The thing that cowardice fears most is decision. |
 | It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong. |
Latin Quotes
 | The die is cast. Alea jacta est. — Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general & Consul (when crossing Rubicon river to attack Rome) 46 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | The evil decision is most evil for him who takes it. Η δε κακή βουλή τω βουλεύσαντι κακίστη. — Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Works and Days -266 19 likes |
 | Wisdom outweighs any wealth. Κράτιστον κτημάτων ευβουλία. — Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet ‐ Antigone 6 likes |
 | Seconds thoughts are invariably wiser. Αι δεύτεραι πως φροντίδες σοφώτεραι. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Hippolytus 3 likes |
