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A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.

George S. Patton (1885-1945) American soldier
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Added on 2-Nov-15 | Last updated 3-Nov-15
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Topics: action, contemplation, decision, decisive, delay, immediacy, meme, perfectionism, satisfactory, satisfice, sufficient, swiftness, vigor
More quotes by Patton, George S. Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 284 (1820)
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Added on 4-May-15 | Last updated 27-Feb-24
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Topics: consider, decisive, dedication, deliberate, grace, plan, rashness, resolve, surrender, yield
More quotes by Colton, Charles Caleb No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast, and specific decision.
Barbara W. Tuchman (1912-1989) American historian and author
The Guns of August, ch. 9 (1962)
Added on 28-Apr-15 | Last updated 28-Apr-15
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Topics: bold, decision, decisive, government
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