John Christopher Quotes

I have to stop and think about everything I do. I'm very calculated in a lot of ways.

We have to think before we act.

Something that I tell myself every morning when I wake up is like: "Think it over, take the time to think it over." I don't like spontaneity, there you go. I'm wary of it.

Act quickly, think slowly.

When ... the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons they have appointed to be the guardians of those interests, to withstand the temporary delusion, in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection.

I found that whenever I encountered a situation, rather than just reacting to it, it was tremendously useful to think carefully about how I should react to it and other situations like it. Besides providing me with more thoughtful responses in each of these cases, approaching things this way provided me and others with guidance on how to deal with similar situations when they came up in the future.

The wise man thinks once before he speaks twice.

What were you thinking?" Bast said with an odd mixture of confusion and concern. Coat was a long while in answering. "I tend to think too much Bast. My greatest successes tended to come when I stopped thinking and simply did what felt right, even if there was no explantion for what I did.

One cool judgement is worth a thousand hasty councils.

One sits down first; one thinks afterwards.

There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought

I try my best to really think about things before I react and respond.

I don't want to mess up my life. You only get one shot. I don't want to let my fans or anybody else down. So, I always think before I act. And as long as I do that, I'll be okay.

If you have any question in your mind, don't do it. If you go in thinking it's going to fix something that's wrong, don't do it.

- Some men think because they are afraid to do. - There is a difference between fear and caution.

Some Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think.

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the man who thinks

To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome.

Often, even if I'm struggling with a decision or something, if I just go out into the ocean, that answer will come without thinking about it too much.

We're really at this point where we can take a step back and think about the next big things that we want to do.

Of course, then you nearly crushed to death in front of my eyes. Later I thought of a perfectly good excuse for why I acted at that moment - because if I hadn't saved you, if your blood had been spilled there in front of me, I don't think I could have stopped myself from exposing us for what we are. But I only thought of that excuse later. At the time, all I could think was, 'Not her.

What shapes our lives are the questions we ask, refuse to ask, or never think to ask.

To think twice is quite enough.

You know, I sometimes think we Sort too soon.

The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.