Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction.

I trust Canadians to be able to look at the different parties, the different leaders, the plans, the teams, and make a responsible choice. And I'm very, very confident that's exactly what Canadians are going to do.

Governing is about making tough decisions, but it's also about figuring out a better way to do things.

Presidents have to be very organized to govern successfully, and solo artists rarely succeed.

Now is the time to fix the next 10 years.

We are on the right track to the 21st century. We are on the right track, but our work is not finished. What should we do? First, let us consider how to proceed. I say the question is no longer, "Who's to blame?" but "What to do?"

I think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.We're looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we've been doing.

I'm preprogrammed emotionally and intellectually not to go down blind alleys. I don't waste the time. I automatically edit out whatever's impractical.

People want guidance, not rhetoric. They need to know what the plan of action is, and how it will be implemented. They want to be given responsibility to help solve the problem and authority to act on it.

People have to decide on priorities if they want to get anywhere. The best lessons I learned was to just do it.

Take the best action toward your most important goal right now.

In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.

Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.

Make certain decisions only once.

Ask yourself, "When does this decision have to be taken?" and having answered it, defer the decision until then, in order to give yourself maximum pondering time.

Our past, our present, and whatever remains of our future, absolutely depend on what we do now.

The next thing to be said about what long-range planning is not, is that it does not deal with future decisions. It deals with the futurity of present decisions. Decisions exist only in the present. The question that faces the long-range planner is not what we should do tomorrow.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

The pace at eBay was frantic and urgent. We knew that if we didn't move fast, somebody would come into the market and quash us. Participant doesn't make a lot of sense from a financial investment perspective, so it's unlikely that other people will be approaching the business in the same way. So you see less urgency; you see a thoroughness and willingness to spend extra time to get things right. Which I think is really important.

The timing of your decision is just as important as the decision you make.

What is the thing that matters most to making progress right now?

One minute gives invention to destroy; What to rebuild, will a whole age employ.

I learned how to order my thoughts, and most important, learned how to develop a plan. I discovered the power of a plan. If you can plan it out, and it seems logical to you, you can do it. And that was the secret to success.

Focus on the process of what it takes to be successful.

That delay is our surest protection which enables us to deliberate on the merits of our intentions.