Jeannette Walls Quotes

You can't always see both sides of the story. Eventually, you have to pick a side and stick with it. No more equivocating. You have to commit.

You can hesitate before deciding, but not once the decision is made.

A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.

They are no longer going to serve you well. You have to commit. I think the biggest word is commit. I hear women say to me all the time, and men - I want to, I want to.

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

I have to trust what I do and then do it.

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

I'm the sort of person - for example coming off 'Strictly' - I make decisions, then I just deal with them and I go with them 100 per cent.

Oh! write, write. Finish it at once. Let there be an end of this suspense. Fix, commit, condemn yourself.

You've got to stop going back and forth. You've got to make up your mind.

Don't wavier. Make a decision. Do it now.

Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it. Immature people spend their lives exploring endless possibilities and then doing nothing. Action requires courage. Without courage, little is accomplished.

When I finally make up my mind that I want to do something, it's never been hard for me to do.

If you have not done so yet, decide to decide.

Once you have made a careful decision based on facts, go into action. Don't stop to reconsider. Don't begin to hesitate, worry, and retrace your steps. Don't lose yourself in self-doubting which begets other doubts. Don't keep looking back over your shoulder.

Once we've made a decision, we are efficient only if we go through with it decisively, undistracted by doubts about its correctness.

If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.

Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there is no longer any 'if' or 'but'.

Greatness is never achieved through indecision.

One always feel better when one has made up one's mind.

I decided to go along with it. If he tried to give me the runaround, I would bolt. I didn't have time to waste on vague answers and evasive language. Matt and Rhys were captive, and Rhys couldn't even sit down.

Sometimes success isn't about making the right decision, it's more about making some decision.

You have to pretend you're 100 percent sure. You have to take action; you can't hesitate or hedge your bets. Anything less will condemn your efforts to failure.

There are going to be times when we can't wait for somebody. Now, you're either on the bus or off the bus. If you're on the bus, and you get left behind, then you'll find it again. If you're off the bus in the first place — then it won't make a damn.