Thoughtful Decision Making Quotes

What we honor as prudence in our elders is simply panic in action.

You ought to be able to explain why you’re taking the job you’re taking, why you’re making the investment you’re making, or whatever it may be. And if it can’t stand applying pencil to paper, you’d better think it through some more. And if you can’t write an intelligent answer to those questions, don’t do it.

Take time for deliberation. Haste spoils everything.

We shall make progress towards Swaraj only if we do everything thoughtfully and with understanding.

By temperament I am not unduly excitable and certainly not trigger-happy. I think twice before I shoot and very often do not shoot at all. By professional standards I do not waste a lot of film; but by the standards of many of my colleagues I probably miss quite a few of my opportunities. Still, the things I am after are not in a hurry as a rule.

Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue; thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and always give heed to thy walk; thou wilt have little to rue. If thy words are seldom wrong, thy deeds leave little to rue, pay will follow.

Swift calls discretion low prudence; it is high prudence, and one of the most important elements entering into either social or political life.

Wisdom is exercised in the choices you make.

Take heed lest passion sway Thy judgement to do aught, which else free will Would not admit.

While I am impulsive in many areas of my life, marriage is not one of them.

Some Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think.

I think people have to be more aware of what the repercussions are of their actions.

Fools rush in where wise men fear to trade.

I would say act like a man of thought and think like a man of action.

Take care not to begin anything of which you may repent.

Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.

Never let your emotions overrule your head.

Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.

To me, the worst thing is to just be knee-jerk and emotional.

Impulsiveness can be charming but deliberation can have an appeal, as well.

Men, to act with vigour and effect, must have time to mature measures, and judgment and experience, as to the best method of applying them. They must not be hurried on to their conclusions by the passions, or the fears of the multitude. They must deliberate, as well as resolve.

We say no to a lot of things so we can invest an incredible amount of care on what we do.

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

No two things differ more than hurry and despatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind; despatch of a strong one.

The eye of prudence may never shut.