Victor Hugo Quotes

Indecision is the greatest thief of opportunity.

of all the follies that we can commit, the greatest is to hesitate.

He who hesitates is poor.

You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

I have hesitation making any kind of decision, really in my life. I'm really slow at it.

It is better to run the risk of being considered indecisive, better to be uncertain and not promise, than to promise and not fulfill.

I've never stayed awake at night over a chance I took that failed, but I've stayed awake over chances I didn't take.

How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.

Through indecision opportunity is often lost.

It is worse to be irresolute than to be wrong.

I'm not a betting man.

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

I am very indecisive. I'm always afraid of making the wrong decision.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

When in doubt, don't.

Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.

Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.

I'm pathologically incapable of making decisions. Just ask my wife how long it took me to propose - on second thought, best not to bring it up.

[Referring to Jimmy Carter:] Jimmy's basic problem is that he's super cautious. He looks before and after he leaps.

The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

I'm the worst at making decisions!

Today, whenever I'm under pressure to make a decision on a transaction but I don't know what the right one is, I try desperately to postpone it. I'll insist on more information - on doing extra laps around the intellectual parking lot - before committing. I take the same approach with people, too.

Hesitation is often like procrastination. One may have vague doubts and feel a need to mull things over; meanwhile, other issues intrude on thought, and no decision is taken. Ask people why they procrastinate, and you probably won't get a crisp answer.