John Engler Quotes

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

Don't hesitate or talk about what you want to do. Just do it.

He who hesitates is poor.

If you want to be certain, you should never get married. You should never change jobs. In fact, you might as well just stay home. Because I don't know anybody who is certain. That need to be certain is just procrastination.

You will never win if you never begin.

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.

Do not be afraid to make decisions, do not be afraid to make mistakes.

It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems.

The only risk is not taking the risk. You've got to take that step.

If you're waiting for the perfect moment, you'll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I have no foolproof anything. There's nothing foolproof.

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

It's all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

Time goes on. So whatever you're going to do, do it. Do it now. Don't wait.

To fight fear, act. To increase fear - wait, put off postpone.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

When in doubt, do it.

It is better to learn late than never.

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

I look at decisions like - it's like an Indiana Jones movie. The guy comes to a rope ladder, and he's being chased. There's uncertainty on the other side, but he knows when he gets to the other side, he's going to take his machete and cut the rope ladder behind him. He has no retreat.

Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together.

If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a great measure suggested itself, you have shrunk from the vast responsibility, afraid to go forward lest you should go wrong, what wonder?

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Doubt yourself all you want, but you have to make choices in life and live with them.

Sorry; I have no space left for advice. Just do it.