Katharine Butler Hathaway Quotes

Every decision you make in life, not just on the sporting field - a lot of time and energy goes into it. You think things through before you make decisions and you always think the decision you make at the time is going to be the right one.

To make a good decision, you actually need to think about it, the contours and the consequences.

The lessons of slushing and editing build up over time, and you're not necessarily thinking about them while you're working, but they're in the back of your mind, probably influencing your choices.

There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and against doing it. The art of debate lies in presenting them; the art of life lies in neglecting ninety-nine hundredths of them.

You try to make the decisions that you think are best in realtime.

Always find different ways to accomplish the mission. Then run a counter-analysis and list the advantages and disadvantages. When you have done that, you are ready to make a decision.

You only need one good reason to commit to an idea, not four hundred. But if you have four hundred reasons to say yes and one reason to say no, the answer is probably no.

If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away.

Nothing indicates the soundness of a man's judgment so much as knowing how to choose between two disadvantages.

If you have more than one reason to do something (choose a doctor or veterinarian, hire a gardener or an employee, marry a person, go on a trip), just don’t do it. It does not mean that one reason is better than two, just that by invoking more than one reason you are trying to convince yourself to do something. Obvious decisions (robust to error) require no more than a single reason.

When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons.

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

In all cases where doubt crops up, ask yourself, "If I had a gun to my head and had to do it, how would I do it?" It's not as hard as you think.

Always remember, however, that there’s usually a simpler and better way to do something than the first way that pops into your head.

A complex decision is like a great river, drawing from its many tributaries the innumerable premises of which it is constituted.

As I write, invariably I encounter more questions and answer those as I go.

Misprize common sense at your peril is my motto.

Doubt wisely; in strange way To stand inquiring right, is not to stray; To sleep, or run wrong, is.

trust your heart but use your head

Do you know what happens when you always look before you leap?" She reached out and touched his hand before hurrying toward the door. "You hardly ever make the jump.

Study the situation thoroughly, go over in your imagination the various courses of action possible to you and the consequences which can and may follow from each course. Pick out the course which gives the most promise and go ahead.

To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it's too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get the wrong answer.

Anyone who still wants to experience fairytales these days can’t afford to dither when it comes to using their brains.

I get the facts, I study them patiently, I apply imagination.

If there was one thing life had taught her it was that there are times when you do not go back for your bag and times when you do. It had yet to teach her to distinguish between the two types of occasion.