In An Iron Will, by Orison Swett Marden we read:
We hear a great deal of talk about genius, talent, luck, chance, cleverness, and fine manners playing a large part in one’s success. Leaving out luck and chance, all these elements are important factors. Yet the possession of any or all of them, unaccompanied by a [...]

In his book An Iron Will Orison Swett Marden Writes,

It is irresolution that is worse than rashness. “He that shoots,” says Feltham, “may sometimes hit the mark; but he that shoots not at all can never hit it.
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The man who is forever twisting and turning, backing and filling, hesitating and dawdling, shuffling and parleying, weighing [...]