Timeless Quotes Part-9

DECISION
Whenever you’re called on to make up your mind,
And you’re hampered by not having any,
The simplest way to solve the dilemma you’ll find,
Is simply by flipping a penny.
No, not so that chance shall decide the affair,
As you’re passively standing there moping.
But as soon as the penny is up in the air,
You’ll suddenly know what you’re hoping. - Piet Hein, Grooks

“Sir, what is the secret of your success?” a reporter asked a bank president.
“Two words.”
“And, sir, what are they?”
“Right decisions.”
“And how do you make the right decisions?”
“One word.”
“And, sir, what is it?”
“Experience.”
“And how do you get experience?”
“Two words.”
“And, sir, what are they.”
“Wrong decisions.”

Make big decisions in the calm. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

DELEGATION
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraining enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. - Theodore Roosevelt

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. - George S. Patton, Jr.


DESIRE
You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you’re willing to pay the price. - Mary Kay Ash

Games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire. - Paul Bear Bryant

DESTINY
Man is man because he is free to operate within the framework of his destiny. He is free to deliberate, to make decisions, and to chose between alternatives. - Martin Luther King

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. - William Jennings Bryan