Aaron Burr Quotes

My friend Terry says that when you need to make a decision, in your work or otherwise, and you don’t know what to do, just do one thing or the other, because the worst that can happen is that you will have made a terrible mistake.

It is worse to be irresolute than to be wrong.

When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take - choose the bolder.

In doubtful matters boldness is everything.

Often any decision, even the wrong decision, is better than no decision.

But you've got to make choices, and you're not going to be right all the time.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

I don't want to make the wrong mistake.

Those who mill around at the crossroads of history do so at their own peril.

As President I'll make mistakes because I'm going to do things ... and people who do things err.

If you make enough decisions in life, you’re bound to make some of them wrong.

I hope, George, that you know what you're doing.

If you're going to take gambles, you must have one thing: self-confidence.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

I don't feel real confident expressing myself except when I'm writing. I feel kind of scatterbrained. I can see everything from both sides and that makes it hard to reach conclusions. Writing enables me to clarify things.

You aren't sure if you're making the right decision - about anything, ever.

When you start a new project, you wonder whether it's the right choice.

I don't want to make any huge decisions before I really know what I'm doing and am sure of myself.

Anytime you make big plans, you have people questioning what you're doing.

Not to decide is to decide.

If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles!

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.

I think people have all faced decisions at times where you never know.

Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things.