Indecision Quotes

• Evil draws its power from indecision and concern for what other people think.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Thinking, People, Evil

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• To be constantly changing one's plans isn't decision at all-it's indecision.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Decision, Plans

  Rabindranath Tagore (1921). “The Wreck”

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• Worry is a sustained form of fear caused by indecision

  Brian Tracy

  Fear, Worry, Form

  Brian Tracy (2005). “Create Your Own Future: How to Master the 12 Critical Factors of Unlimited Success”, p.170, BookBaby

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• The worst decision is indecision.

  Ryan Harwood

  Decision, Worst

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• Indecision is a virus that can run through an army and destroy its will to win or even to survive.

  Frances Mayes

  Running, Army, Winning

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• More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Opportunity, Decision, Thieves

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• More errors arise from inhibited indecision than from impulsive behavior.

  Morris L. Ernst

  Errors, Behavior, Arise

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• I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.

  Alan Rickman

  Able, Plans

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• Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

  George Canning

  Business, Mistake, Failure

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• Always remember, indecision is decision - usually against you.

  Venita VanCaspel

  Decision, Remember

  Venita VanCaspel (1983). “The power of money dynamics”, Simon & Schuster

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• Indecision, doubt and fear. The members of this unholy trio are closely related; where one is found, the other two are close at hand.

  Napoleon Hill

  Hands, Two, Doubt

  Napoleon Hill (2007). “The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time on the Secrets to Wealth and Prosperity”, p.201, Penguin

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• Opportunity never sneaks up on those who straddle the fence of indecision.

  Napoleon Hill

  Opportunity, Fence, Sneak

  Napoleon Hill (1997). “Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success”, p.67, Penguin

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• Through indecision opportunity is often lost.

  Publilius Syrus

  Opportunity, Lost

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• Inaction and indecision in the present is because of fear of consequences of the future.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Consequence, Inaction

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• Indecision is the seedling of fear.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Fear, Decision

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.193, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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• There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.

  William James

  Inspirational, Philosophical, Sadness

  Principles of Psychology (1890) vol. 1, ch. 4

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• Indecision is a form of self-abuse - be ready to step up!

  Suzanne Evans

  Self, Abuse, Steps

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• When people get more frustrated by their indecision than by the situation that prompted it, clarity often follows.

  Carolyn Hax

  People, Frustrated, Clarity

  "Carolyn Hax Live: 'If you mean business, then speak business'". The Washington Post Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. July 1, 2016.

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• Indecision is fatal. It is better to make a wrong decision than build up a habit of indecision. If you're wallowing in indecision, you certainty can't act - and action is the basis of success

  Marie Beynon Lyons Ray

  Decision, Action, Habit

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• Indecision is the greatest thief of opportunity.

  Jim Rohn

  Opportunity, Thieves

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• Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.

  Bertrand Russell

  Life, Happiness, Procrastination

  Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.40, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Some live in a state of passionate indecision.

  Mason Cooley

  Passionate, States

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• Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself; it is, one might almost say, habit-forming. Not only that, but it is contagious; it transmits itself to others.

  Heinz Hopf

  Decision, Might, Habit

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• Each indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over lost days... What you can do or think you can do, begin it. For boldness has magic, power, and genius in it.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Mistake, Thinking

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• Indecision may or may not be my problem.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Fear, May, Problem

  Song: Don Chu Know

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