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Decision Quotes by Famous Authors

1. “Weak people never put an end to things themselves. They always wait for the end.”

Ivan Turgenev

Weakness, Decision, Ending, Action, Responsibility

2. “The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.”

Ivan Turgenev

Procrastination, Time, Decision, Delay, Tomorrow

3. “You can’t unscramble eggs.”

J.P. Morgan

Irreversibility, Consequence, Decision, Reality, Finality

4. “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”

J.P. Morgan

Decision, Progress, Ambition, Change, Motivation

5. “Decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”

J.P. Morgan

Decision, Progress, Ambition, Change, Motivation

6. “When I have business on hand I think it is better to have it done quickly.”

J.P. Morgan

Business, Efficiency, Decision, Action, Productivity

7. “My first guess is sometimes right. My second never is.”

J.P. Morgan

Intuition, Decision, Accuracy, Judgment, Experience

8. “A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.”

J.P. Morgan

Reason, Truth, Decision, Motivation, Perception

9. “If that’s all he can get, and he takes it, I should say it’s enough.”

J.P. Morgan

Acceptance, Sufficiency, Contentment, Decision, Compromise

10. “The hard part is implementing the decision, not making it.”

Guy Kawasaki

Decision, Implementation, Action, Challenge, Execution

11. “My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later, so... yeah.'”

Mitch Hedberg

Banana, Frozen, Wordplay, Decision, Humor

12. “I bought a house, it’s a two-bedroom house, but I think it’s up to me to decide how many bedrooms there are. This bedroom has an oven in it. This bedroom has a lot of people sitting around watching TV. This bedroom is over in that other guy’s house.”

Mitch Hedberg

House, Bedrooms, Decision, Funny, Ownership

13. “I’m sick of Soup Of The Day, man. It’s time we make a decision. I need to know what Soup From Now On is.”

Mitch Hedberg

Soup, Decision, Menu, Humor, Restaurant

14. “I ate one anchovy, and that is why I did not eat two anchovies.”

Mitch Hedberg

Anchovy, Food, Humor, Taste, Decision

15. “The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen.”

Charles Lamb

Choices, Decision, Wisdom, Satisfaction, Judgment

16. “At one point he decided enough was enough.”

Steven Wright

Decision, Change, Reflection, Simplicity, Life

17. “When overthinking, we do not assign any probability to all the possibilities in our head. We think everything is equally probable.”

Ankur Warikoo

Overthinking, Clarity, Probability, Decision, Mindfulness

18. “Picking one, teaches. Picking both, confuses.”

Ankur Warikoo

Choice, Clarity, Learning, Focus, Decision

19. “You know who are devastated by the crypto crash? Those who invested driven by FOMO.”

Ankur Warikoo

Crypto, FOMO, Loss, Decision, Risk

20. “You will NEVER know if the decision is right or wrong, UNTIL you take the decision.”

Ankur Warikoo

Decision, Uncertainty, Action, Outcome, Courage

21. “When we say "I don't know what I should do", very often we mean "I don't know if what I want to do will work!"”

Ankur Warikoo

Uncertainty, Decision, Fear, Clarity, Action

22. “We fear the consequences if we make the wrong choice. So we decide to do nothing!”

Ankur Warikoo

Fear, Decision, Inaction, Consequences, Courage

23. “What we guard against around here is people saying, ‘Let’s think about it.’ We make a decision. Then we act on it.”

Sam Walton

Action, Decision, Urgency, Efficiency, Progress

24. “Change and novelty boost the psychic price of decision-making.”

Alvin Toffler

Change, Decision, Psychology, Stress, Adaptation

25. “It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.”

Alvin Toffler

Daring, Caution, Risk, Choice, Decision

26. “The businessman bought at ten and was happy to get out at twelve; the mathematician saw his ten rise to eighteen, but didn’t sell because he wanted to double his ten to twenty.”

V.S. Naipaul

Business, Risk, Greed, Decision, Perspective

27. “If you want to go east, don’t go west.”

Ramakrishna

Direction, Wisdom, Focus, Decision, Life Choices

28. “I’m a risk taker. If I feel very opinionated, I can really put the money on the table.”

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Risk, Investment, Confidence, Money, Decision

29. “A remorseful change of mind renders even a noble action base, whereas the determination which is grounded on knowledge and reason cannot change even if its actions fail.”

Plutarch

Regret, Conviction, Integrity, Reason, Decision

30. “It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.”

Plutarch

Morality, Judgment, Perspective, Ethics, Decision

31. “If you believe people use reason for the important decisions in life, you will go through life feeling confused and frustrated that others seem to have bad reasoning skills. The reality is that reason is just one of the drivers of our decisions, and often the smallest one.”

Scott Adams

Reason, Decision, Emotion, Psychology, Perspective

32. “On all the important stuff, we are emotional creatures who make decisions first and rationalize them after the fact.”

Scott Adams

Emotion, Decision, Psychology, Rationalization, Behavior

33. “The most effective way to stop people from trying to persuade me is to say, ‘I’m not interested.’ You should try it. Don’t offer a reason why you aren’t interested. No one can say why a thing holds interest for some and not for others. There’s no argument against a lack of interest.”

Scott Adams

Persuasion, Interest, Decision, Communication, Opinion

34. “Never make a decision when you need to pee.”

Leonard Cohen

Decision, Pee, Need, Timing, Advice

35. “If I would do another ‘Terminator’ movie I would have Terminator travel back in time and tell Arnold not to have a special election.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Terminator, Time Travel, Decision, Humor, Politics

36. “If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.”

Anton Chekhov

Leadership, Direction, Responsibility, Clarity, Decision

37. “Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be, and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.”

Chanakya

Work, Questions, Success, Decision, Planning

38. “A man or a ruler should always take up a task after thoroughly considering its consequences. Otherwise fate also cannot protect his wealth.”

Chanakya

Decision, Consequence, Leadership, Responsibility, Wisdom

39. “The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.”

Chanakya

Opportunity, Leadership, Action, Decision, Timing

40. “Wisdom often consists of knowing what to do next.”

Herbert Hoover

Wisdom, Decision, Knowledge, Strategy, Guidance

41. “Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as in knowing what to do next.”

Herbert Hoover

Wisdom, Decision, Knowledge, Action, Future

42. “When I decided to go into politics I weighed the costs. I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when virulent criticism came I wasn’t surprised. I was better able to handle it.”

Herbert Hoover

Politics, Criticism, Decision, Perseverance, Public Life