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.

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.

Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he read more

Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means read more

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.

Follow your heart regardless of what others tell you to do. At the end of the day it's you that read more

Follow your heart regardless of what others tell you to do. At the end of the day it's you that has to live with your decisions, not them.

Decisiveness is often the art of timely cruelty.

Decisiveness is often the art of timely cruelty.

Everything starts with yourself -- with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. read more

Everything starts with yourself -- with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. I tell kids that it's a cruel world, and that the world will bend them either left or right, and it's up to them to decide which way to bend.

Most of our executives make very sound decisions. The trouble is many of them have turned out not to have read more

Most of our executives make very sound decisions. The trouble is many of them have turned out not to have been right.

Shelving hard decisions is the least ethical course.

Shelving hard decisions is the least ethical course.