506 Quotes About Decision-making

A judge's disposition should be about evenly balanced between sail and anchor. He cannot be anchored to the past mechanically, but he ought not be moved by every puff of novel doctrine.

The best way to encourage out of the box thinking is to draw the box correctly in the first place.

That which a team does not want to discuss, it most needs to discuss.

In the changing weather of life, rather than drift with the currents or be cast about in storms, be the wind at your own back.

Your concern would have more weight with us if you were sitting -- as you could be sitting -- on this side of the table.

Strategy is something that emerges from reality, while tactics might be chosen.

Not To Decide Is To Decide

Steel screams when it's forged, it gasps when it's quenched. It creaks when it goes under load. I think even steel is scared, son. Take half an hour to think? A drink of water? A drink of wind? Totter off awhile. If it makes you seasick, then prudently vomit. If it makes you terrified, scream. If it makes you anything, pray.

All of us are not always smarter than one of us, leaders need to distinguish between the wisdom of crowds and the madness of crowds.