Decisive Thinking Quotes

Having concrete, strong thoughts is very important.

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

Being deliberate in decisionmaking isn't always flashy, but it does get results.

Fear and caution are two different things. Be cautious - be conscious - but do not be fearful. Fear only paralyzes, while consciousness mobilizes. Be mobilized, not paralyzed.

The main thing is to have a gutsy approach and use your head.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

I did not imitate the skeptics who doubt only for doubting's sake, and pretend to be always undecided; on the contrary, my whole intention was to arrive at a certainty, and to dig away the drift and the sand until I reached the rock or the clay beneath.

Whimpering never kept a leaking vessel from foundering. Vigorously manning the pumps has. Get busy with your head and hands, not your chin.

He has a very strong vision of what he wants.

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.