Stanley Bing Quotes

Be decisive. A wrong decision is generally less disastrous than indecision.

It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

It is often more important to act than to understand... there are times... when two conflicting opinions, though one happens to be right, are more perilous than one opinion which is wrong.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Decisiveness is the best way to get things done.

Thinking is easy; action is difficult; to act in accordance with one’s thought is the most difficult thing in the world.

It's better to act and to regret / Than to regret not to have acted

I always make a decision, even if it's the wrong one. I hate being confused.

Talking is not enough; words don't clarify anything. I'll have to hit upon something, but what?

People like definite decisions, / Tidy answers, all the little ravelings / Snipped off, the lint removed, they / Hop happily among their roughs / Calling what they can't clutch insanity / Or saintliness.

When it gets down to it you just have to act.

Often any decision, even the wrong decision, is better than no decision.

So many young people say, 'I'm just going to see what happens.' It's so much more powerful to make things happen and have a plan.

Ambiguity in directors is a hard thing to deal with.

When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take - choose the bolder.

Don't wait. If it's not right, move on.

I definitely need clarity.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

I pondered what I should do and wasn't sure. Then it just finally became clear.

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.

Never confuse movement with action.

It's all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.

It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.

I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm damn well gonna do it!

Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.