Chris Patten Quotes

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

If you've got something you want to do, do it right now.

It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations.

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

It is better to start doing what one has to late than not at all.

Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome.

I always make a decision, even if it's the wrong one. I hate being confused.

If you haven't done something yet, and you want to do it, start now!

I never regret making a decision.

I think the worst decision is usually no decision. If you make the wrong decision you can usually course-correct, but if you don't make it, you've already made it, and it's usually the bad one.

When you don't know what to do, do something. I know you don't know what to do and I know you can't do everything right now, but you can do something.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost.

Be a doer, not a stewer.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.

If not me, who? And if not now, when?

You will never win if you never begin.

Sometimes the things you decide not to do are actually the biggest things to do in your career.

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.

You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

It is always your next move.