John Zimmerman Quotes

When in doubt, stand still.

If there is time to reflect, slowing down is likely to be a good idea.

I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind .... This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, … taking the necessary time.

I used to make snap judgments, moved quickly. It's more important to be thoughtful, think of the consequences of your decisions.

Second thoughts, they say, are best.

You have to really think about things before you do them.

I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I had decided rightly and justly.

I'm always careful to even guess, at any juncture, about things before we do them.

Sometimes you have to marinate instead of making a quick decision. I appreciate my instincts, but my instincts can be dead wrong. Circumspection can give you time.

Take time for deliberation. Haste spoils everything.

In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best.

Pause awhile, And let my counsel sway you.

It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.

Sometimes you get into a situation and realize that there is so much more to explore there and ask, why are we jumping off the cliff quite yet?

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

Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it.

To think twice is quite enough.

I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

When in doubt, don't.

My own way of thinking is to ponder long and I hope deeply on problems and for a long time which I keep away for years and years and I never really let them go.

When you doubt, abstain.

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!