Louis Susman Quotes

The people would think I was a fool for not having taken twice as much.

If you have any question in your mind, don't do it. If you go in thinking it's going to fix something that's wrong, don't do it.

I was always the kid at school who thought it was a good idea to set off the fire alarm. And much as I'm aware that that's a trait which also propels other things which are good, I wish I could just pause and go, 'Is this really what you want to do?'

I missed a lot of decisions. At the time of making such a decision, there was no doubt in my mind as to its correctness. However, a second or two later I felt that I erred and wished I could change my original ruling.

You can look back at anything and wish you'd done something differently.

I don't reject caution, but you also have to be careful about caution because there's a stage when it turns into paralysis.

I'm not a big believer in second-guessing decisions.

I've never stayed awake at night over a chance I took that failed, but I've stayed awake over chances I didn't take.

I think when you have doubts, you just say no.

I've made lots of mistakes. Probably the worst one - I would say they tie. It's either when I didn't move fast enough on something, or I didn't take a big enough risk.

I don't know if I would do this if I had to start over again.

He who considers too much will perform little.

Councils of war breed timidity and defeatism.

You can't help but... with 20/20 hindsight, go back and say, 'Look, had we done something different, we probably wouldn't be facing what we are facing today.'

Have I gone too far?

I am very indecisive. I'm always afraid of making the wrong decision.

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing.

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

There are so many opportunities that I could've gotten before if I had just took a little more of a risk.

When in doubt, don't.

A lot of people don't just go ahead and try things.

The only things you regret are the things you don't do.

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Every decision you make is a mistake.