It is often said that wrong decisions can lead to true growth, realization, and success, as long as we can learn from our mistakes. 😃
Because of this, I have uncovered some of the best wrong decision quotes that are incredibly helpful for those who want to move ahead and learn from their past choices.
Below, you will find a wide range of quotes about wrong decisions that are insightful, redeeming, revealing, and motivational. Let’s begin! 🙏
71+ Wrong Decision Quotes & Sayings For Moving On 2024!
1. “When we’re doing wrong, we’re going backward.” – VicDo
2. “A wrongdoing doesn’t give us the right to do wrong.” – Ruta Sepetys
3. “A decision made from fear is always the wrong decision.” – Tony Robbins
4. “There are no wrong decisions – only different ones.” – Libba Bray
5. “The worst thing you can do is nothing.” – Terry Pratchett
6. “We never regret the love we give, we regret giving it to the wrong people.” – Samiha Totanji
7. “It is better to travel on the rough right road than the wrong way.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
8. “I am very indecisive. I’m always afraid of making the wrong decision.” – Katie Leung
9. “The right decision is wrong if it’s made too late.” – Lee Iacocca
10. “The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.” – Maimonides
11. “It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” – Tony Robbins
12. “Stand for the wrong thing and you already fell for everything.” – Neil Leckman
13. “Often any decision, even the wrong decision, is better than no decision.” – Ben H.
14. “Even a good decision if made for the wrong reasons can be a wrong decision.” – Jonathan Pryce
15. “Be decisive. A wrong decision is generally less disastrous than indecision.” – Bernhard Langer
16. “One person making a wrong decision affects the whole country.” – Jared Diamond
17. “Everything you’ve worked for can go to waste with only one wrong decision.” – Auliq Ice
18. “Sometimes wrong decision leads you to the right person.” – Gail McHugh
19. “The right decision is the wrong decision if it’s made too late.” – Lee Iacocca
20. “Sometimes wrong decision leads you to the right person.” – Gail Mchugh
21. “Conformity begins the moment you ignore how you feel for acceptance.” – Shannon L. Alder
22. “If you make the wrong decision, it’s never too late to make the right one.” – Michael Oher
23. “Life is not only consisted of “yes” and “no”, but a lot of yes and’s and no but’s.” – Vann Chow
24. “A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.” – Rita Mae Brown
25. “You can’t choose between right and wrong by taking a census.” – Elizabeth Taylor
26. “It’ll be the biggest decision of my life. Knowing me, I’ll probably make the wrong choice.” – S.A, Tawks
27. “Choosing the wrong way makes us feel different and ensured you take the right decision.” – Nitesh Nishad
28. “One way to be sure you are not making the wrong decision is to look vertically upwards.” – Oche Otorkpa
29. “Do something today you’ve been afraid to do. A decision based on fear is the wrong decision.” – Nathan Fillion
30. “I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.” – Kate Walsh
31. “It’s better to make a decision, even the wrong one than to be in limbo.” – Seth
32. “Everything you’ve worked for can go to waste with only one wrong decision.” – Auliq Ice
33. “Be brave and fearless to know that even if you do make a wrong decision, you’re making it for a good person.” – Adele
34. “More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
35. “When you don’t see anything wrong in anything you do, then you are doing everything wrong.” – Richmond Akhigbe
36. “Never borrow the devil’s pitchfork for he will surely use it against you. On Uncomfortable Associations.” – Lamine Pearlheart
37. “If you take steps based on fantasies and illusions, you shall meet realities and remember the had I knows in sorrow.” – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
38. “You are the only author of the story of your life. ‘Fate’ is just an excuse for all of your wrong decisions.” – Adwitiya Borah
39. “There are no wrong decisions. We can always turn deep doo-doo into manure, and grow something to chew on.” –
40. “Never take an unknown path for a long walk, it may turn into affliction.” – Debolina Bhawal
41. “The mark of a bad leader is not to make the wrong decision. It is to make no decision at all.” – Barry Gardiner
42. “If you take action while you are mad, you will always make the wrong decision.” – Robyn Wheeler
43. “Do what you think is right. Don’t let people make the decision of right or wrong for you.” – Steve Maraboli
44. “If things go wrong, you don’t have to accept you made a bum decision.” – Dorothy Koomson
45. “If my decision is wrong, at least I will have learned something new. There is always next time.” – Sylvan Clarke
46. “It is often said that a wrong decision taken at the right time is better than the right decision taken at the wrong time.” – Pearl Zhu
47. “You can’t make every wrong decision right but you can stop deciding to take another wrong action.” – Jay Danzie
48. “Don’t make decisions by majority vote. The majority is almost always wrong.” – Adrian Rogers
49. “Make a decision and then make it right. There just are no wrong decisions.” – Abraham Hicks
50. “Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not.” – Phil Crosby
51. “He stepped forward, forcing me back. You’re right. I made a decision. It was the wrong one.” – Kim Harrison
52. “Egoistical opinion that a man is the king of nature was created by the man himself, so he can justify his wrong decisions.” – Ruben Papian
53. “But then it dawned on me that the opinion of someone who is always wrong has its own special utility to decision-makers.” – Warren Buffett
54. “Once you know the difference between right and wrong, you have lots fewer decisions to make.” Joseph Campbell
55. “Complex steels our energy with the help of misgivings, strains, and fear of consequences for wrong decisions.” – Sunday Adelaja
56. “Besides, if it was the wrong choice, what difference was one more bad decision going to make?.” S.A. Tawks
57. “Sometimes the decision is placed in your hands and you just have to go with it, right or wrong, according to what you think is best.” – C.S. Friedman
58. “Everything in us presses toward the decision, even toward the wrong decision, just to be free of the anxiety that precedes any big step in life.” – May Sarton
59. “Sad story always ends up with a happy ending. Wrong choices end up with a lesson as your tool in life.” – Napz Cherub Pellazo
60. “Wrong friends are welcomed, enemies. Lives ruined by enemies don’t differ from those corrupted by friends.” – Rey Noel G. Sarzate
61. “The best decision is the right decision. The next best decision is the wrong decision. The worst decision is no decision.” – Scott McNealy
62. “It is often said that a wrong decision taken at the right time is better than the right decision taken at the wrong time.” – Pearl Zhu
63. “When you lose a customer, it can be tempting to tell each other, “That customer’s not very sharp. They just made the wrong decision.” – Bill Gates
64. “A wrong decision isn’t forever; it can always be reversed. The losses from a delayed decision are forever; they can never be retrieved.” – John Kenneth Galbraith
65. “We lose the fear of making decisions, great and small; as we realize that should our choice prove wrong we can if we will learn from the experience.” – Bill W.
66. “Sometimes, until you do what you shouldn’t have done, you least remember what you should have done.” – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
67. “Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. But if you do, make new ones. Life is too short to make the wrong choice twice.” – Joyce Rachelle
68. “If I make a wrong decision, I worry about what might have been. I stress out over very insignificant things.” – Courtney Barnett
69. “Sometimes there doesn’t seem to be any right or wrong, just circumstances. You make the best decision you can at the time and move on.” – George W. Parker
70. “Decide promptly, but never give any reason for your decisions. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong.” – William Murray
71. “The only way to make the right decision is to find out which is the wrong decision, to examine that other path without fear, and only then decide.” – Paulo Coelho
Did I Miss Any Iconic Wrong Decision Quotes or Proverbs?
While I did try my best to include the best wrong decision quotes and sayings, I may have missed some. If so, please share your favorite down below as I will be more than happy to include them in future updates.
Also, if you are wanting to overcome a past wrong decision you think you might have made, this resource is a great starting point.