A man who can not make up his mind to do or not to do a thing without a
great deal of wobbling first one way and then another, is as bad as an
unsafe wall in a building—everybody keeps off lest it fall and do some
damage.
When a man has first carefully considered a project, or a certain line
of action, and also taken the advice of his friends if the matter is
important, he should decide one way or the other at once.
A wobbly man is weak-kneed, and not to be depended upon for any purpose.
If you have ever had dealings with that kind of a man you will
understand how painful it is to wait for him to decide.
A man at a cross-roads hesitates and says: “Shall I go this way or
that?” He hesitates, starts, returns, starts the other way, and finally
goes the wrong way and falls into a hole.
It has passed into a proverb that, “He who hesitates is lost.”
Of course, there is reason and judgment to be observed in everything,
for things should not be done at random, but when there are common
sense, education, and good counsel to guide you, to hesitate then is to
go wrong.
It should not take a man long to decide when there is a speculation
presented him, and his decision should be obstinately against the
speculation. There are too many good opportunities to succeed in
ventures that are legitimate to touch speculation. It is in the
legitimate field of operations that indecision is so often fatal.
There is another saying applicable to this subject: “Be sure you’re
right, then go ahead.”