Rick Riordan Quotes

When in doubt, take more time.

Sometimes problems just have to sit and wait until we can see a solution.

When in doubt, stand still.

Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

If there is time to reflect, slowing down is likely to be a good idea.

God so loved the world, that he formed a committee, that whosoever attendeth on it should not perish, but have everlasting life in which to await a decision.

Whenever a question is of some importance, it should not be decided on the day when it is submitted to you. Whenever it is not an urgent one, I make it a rule not to let any question be forced upon my immediate decision; … And even when in my mind I am disposed to accede, still I always keep the papers with me some little time before I return them.

I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind .... This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, … taking the necessary time.

We must look a long time before we can see.

Sometimes you have to marinate instead of making a quick decision. I appreciate my instincts, but my instincts can be dead wrong. Circumspection can give you time.

I used to make snap judgments, moved quickly. It's more important to be thoughtful, think of the consequences of your decisions.

Time is always important; sometimes time doesn't always go along with patience. It is always important. You have to deal with it. It's part of football. Every decision is judged.

As a player, it's better to wait a moment for the correct call than be let down by an incorrect call.

I don't have the same respect for time as most people. I take that extra day to think about it.

Mankind might be divided between multitude who hate to be kept waiting because they get bored and the happy few who rather like it because it gives them time for thought.

Never make a decision until you have to.

Those who made the decisions with imperfect knowledge will be judged in hindsight by those with considerably more information at their disposal and time for reflection.

Great men wait for the right moment to abandon caution. The rest of us abandon it when impatience becomes too much for us.

One of the biggest lessons I've learned recently is that when you don't know what to do, you should do nothing until you figure out what to do because a lot of times you feel like you are pressed against the wall, and you've got to make a decision. You never have to do anything. Don't know what to do? Do nothing.

I've learned one thing in politics. You don't take a decision until you have to.

Don't wait the time is never just right.

Wait for the wisest of all counselors, Time.

Pause awhile, And let my counsel sway you.

Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned.