Swift Decision Quotes

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

Act first, explain later.

One’s objective should be to get it right, get it quick, get it out and get it over. Your problem won’t improve with age.

Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.

There is no secrecy comparable to celerity.

The reason people are uncomfortable is because Donald Trump acts. He doesn't talk with a bunch of people about it before, he just acts.

… with the stroke of a pen.

I will not hesitate. Not for a second.

The sooner you act, the bigger difference you can make.

If you wait until you have all the facts, then it will be too late..

I see things as they happen pretty quick, and I just go hit it.

Major organizational changes create uncertainty. But the point is to move quickly - faster than you are comfortable - because in hindsight, you will always wish you had made changes even sooner.

I'm obsessed with speed. I'm always asking myself, 'Why can't we do things faster? Why can't it happen more efficiently? Why is this requiring three meetings instead of one?'

Sooner would be better than later, and now would be better than sooner." - Tyrion

I'm a firm believer in that you've got to strike the iron when it's hot.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

Sometimes it doesn't matter too much what choice you make, as long as you make it quick and stick to it.

Caution always, but when a man acts he should act suddenly and with decision.

I beseech you not to blame me if I be desirous to strike while the iron is hot.

The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment.

The art of managing and leading comes down to a simple thing. Determining and facing reality about people, situations, products, and then acting decisively and quickly on that reality. Think how many times we have procrastinated, hoped it would get better. Most of the mistakes you've made have been through not being willing to face into it, straight in the mirror that reality you find, then taking action on it. That's all managing is, defining and acting. Not hoping, not waiting fro the next plan. Not rethinking it. Getting on with it. Doing it. Defining and doing it.

You can try to make the right decision all the time, but it's better to just make a decision. I have done wrong so many times, but nine times out of 10, I have learned from my failure. Don't wait for something; just go for it.

Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure.

What I always keep in mind is that we'll take action on things that need to be done, promptly and without hesitation.

Strike while the iron is hot.