Veronica Roth Quotes

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

The art of good decision making is looking forward to and celebrating the tradeoffs, not pretending they don't exist.

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.

As Secretary of Defense I have to be cautious and prudent.

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

Just as our peace-time system is unsuitable for war conditions, so does it tend to breed peace-time statesmen who are not too well fitted for the conduct of war. Facility in debate, ability to state a case, caution in advancing an unpopular view, compromise and procrastination are the natural qualities - I might almost say, virtues - of a political leader in time of peace. They are fatal qualities in war. Vision, daring, swiftness and consistency of decision are the very essence of victory.

A Prince who will not undergo the Difficulty of Understanding, must undergo the Danger of Trusting.

I don't reject caution, but you also have to be careful about caution because there's a stage when it turns into paralysis.

Indeed, many of life's most fun and pleasurable choices come with potential dangers. It's important for my son to grow up recognizing that what might appear exciting or inviting at first glance could also have eventual negative consequences.

There's a fine line between being careful and careless.

When you're a young boy, you don't think; you just go for it. When you have more experience, you have to play more with your head.

Those who are close to me know that I am a person who likes to analyse everything before making a decision.

Make your choice, adventurous Stranger, Strike the bell and bide the danger, Or wonder, till it drives you mad, What would have followed if you had.

Never make a decision until you have to.

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

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're unwilling to go out on a limb because it just might break underneath you.

I just want to be really careful with decisions I make. When you make a decision about your career, it changes your life in a really big way.

Don’t do what you can’t undo, until you’ve considered what you can’t do once you’ve done it.

When there aren't any smart decisions, I suppose you just have to pick the stupid decision you like best.

It's not like you take the right turning and you get everlasting happiness and you take the wrong one and your life's a disaster. In real life it's often impossible to tell which decision is the one you should make because what you stand to gain and what you stand to lose are sometimes-often-neck and neck.

There is nothing more dangerous than to leap a chasm in two jumps.

What course am I to take?" "Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight.

Imprudence relies on luck, prudence on method. That gives prudence less edge than it expects.