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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't read more
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.
Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.
Decisiveness is often the art of timely cruelty.
Decisiveness is often the art of timely cruelty.
We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, read more
We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because read more
Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because we are driven into a corner and must say somethign. - Essays.
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a decision.
We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a decision.