Indecision Quotes

• Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away.

  Samuel Butler

  Running, Heart, Enough

  Samuel Butler, “Hudibras: Part 3 - Canto II”

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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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• 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 a decision.

  Jason Evert

  Decision

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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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• There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision, and for whom the lighting of every cigar, the drinking of every cup, the time of rising and going to bed every day, and the beginning of every bit of work, are subjects of express volitional deliberation.

  William James

  Drinking, Bed, Rising

  William James (2012). “The Principles of Psychology”, p.122, Courier Corporation

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• He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

  James Thurber

  Sometimes, Saved

  1945 The Thurber Carnival,'The Glass in the Field'.

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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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• Once he makes up his mind, he's full of indecision. - On Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Oscar Levant

  Mind, Dwight D Eisenhower, Dwight

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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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• 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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• If you have a 2 or 3 year old who is not talking, you must start an early intervention program. The worst thing you can do with an autistic 3 year old is to do nothing.

  Temple Grandin

  Motivational, Change, Positive

  "The Most Inspiring Bits of Temple Grandin’s Reddit AMA" by Emily Shire, www.thedailybeast.com. November 17, 2014.

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• Perhaps, on the whole, embarrassment and perplexity are a kind of natural accompaniment to life and movement; and it is better to be driven out of your senses with thinking which of two things you ought to do than to do nothing whatever, and be utterly uninteresting to all the world.

  Margaret Oliphant

  Thinking, Two, Movement

  Margaret Oliphant (2014). “Miss Marjoribanks”, p.430, The Floating Press

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• I used to be indecisive, now I'm not so sure.

  W. C. Fields

  Indecisive, Used, Used To Be

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• Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

  George Canning

  Business, Mistake, Failure

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• Indecision is the greatest thief of opportunity.

  Jim Rohn

  Opportunity, Thieves

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• Indecision is actually the individual’s decision to fail.

  Raymond Charles Barker

  Decision, Failing, Individual

  Raymond Charles Barker (2011). “The Power of Decision: A Step-By-Step Program to Overcome Indecision and Live Without Failure Forever”, p.28, Penguin

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• When you are in doubt, wait. Fall back on the contemplation of your vision, and increase your faith and purpose. And by all means, in times of doubt and indecision, cultivate gratitude.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Gratitude, Fall, Mean

  Wallace D. Wattles (2015). “Wallace D. Wattles Ultimate Collection – 10 Books in One Volume: The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Well, The Science of Being Great, How to Get What You Want and more: From one of the New Thought pioneers, author of Making of the Man Who Can or How to Promote Yourself and New Science of Living and Healing or Health Through New Thought and Fasting”, p.69, e-artnow

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

  Morris L. Ernst

  Errors, Behavior, Arise

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

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Thinking, People, Evil

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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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• Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.

  Bill W.

  Wisdom, Decision, Passing

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