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Hermann Hesse – Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go

byAndrew McGivernJune 23, 2025February 19, 2026
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Anne Frank – You can always give something, even if it is only kindness

byAndrew McGivernJune 22, 2025February 19, 2026
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Bono – Music can change the world because it can change people

byAndrew McGivernJune 21, 2025February 19, 2026
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Unkown Author – Almost everything is better after a nap, a snack, and some time away from the screen

byAndrew McGivernJune 20, 2025March 13, 2026
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Ernest Hemingway – I love to eat. I love to take food. I love to be with people. And I love to talk

byAndrew McGivernJune 19, 2025February 19, 2026
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Anthony Bourdain – Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride

byAndrew McGivernJune 18, 2025February 19, 2026
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Julia Child – You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces – just good food from fresh ingredients

byAndrew McGivernJune 17, 2025February 19, 2026
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Mehmet Murat İldan – Do not seek water, get thirst

byAndrew McGivernJune 16, 2025February 19, 2026
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Dorothea Lange – The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

byAndrew McGivernJune 15, 2025February 19, 2026
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Albert Einstein – Curiosity is Contagious – Pass it On

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the Daily Quote – Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day
the Daily Quote – Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

Tune in daily to get a short dose of daily inspiration to kick start your day in a positive way.

the Daily Quote brings you inspirational quotes to help motivate and inspire your day with positivity.
Listen to the show for positive quotes from Albert Einstein, Maya Angelo, Seth Godin, Tony Robbins, Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King Jr, John Lennon, William Shakespeare, Lao Tzu, Confucius and more…

Every single day you will hear a motivational quote to fire up your day.

Lee Iacocca – “Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.”
byAndrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day

Welcome to the Daily Quote, I'm Andrew McGivern and this episode is brought to you by the Great News podcast.

Today's quote comes from

, the man who created the Ford Mustang, who was famously fired by Henry Ford II after 32 years with the company, and who then walked into a bankrupt Chrysler and turned it into one of the greatest corporate comebacks in American history.

A man who built his entire career on the power of decisive action under impossible pressure.

He said:

”Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.”

Most of us were raised on the idea that the goal of decision-making is to get it right. Gather the information. Weigh the options. Consider every angle. Wait until you're sure. And then, only then, decide.

Iacocca spent a lifetime showing why that instinct, taken too far, is its own kind of failure.
He had a way of illustrating it that I love. He used to talk about duck hunting. You can aim at a duck and get it in your sights, but the duck is always moving. In order to hit the duck, you have to move your gun. But a committee faced with a major decision can't always move as quickly as the events it's trying to respond to. By the time the committee is ready to shoot, the duck has flown away.

That image is exactly what this quote is about. The world does not pause while you deliberate. Markets move. Opportunities close. Relationships shift. The moment that was available to you yesterday may be structurally unavailable to you tomorrow, not because the decision was wrong, but because the window for it has passed.

Iacocca understood this because he lived it in one of the highest-stakes business environments in history. When he arrived at Chrysler, the company was weeks from collapse. There was no time for endless analysis. Every day of inaction was a day the company moved closer to bankruptcy. The decisions he made weren't always perfect but they were made. And making them in time was as important as making them correctly.

He put it another way too: ”If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.” Certainty is a luxury that real decisions rarely afford. Waiting for it isn't prudence. It's paralysis dressed up as thoroughness.

The question Iacocca is really asking is this: what is the cost of waiting? Because that cost is real, it just doesn't always announce itself as loudly as a wrong decision does. A bad decision makes noise. A delayed decision often just quietly closes a door you didn't notice shutting.
I can look back at decisions I delayed far past the point when they needed to be made, not because I didn't know what the right call was, but because I kept waiting until I felt more certain, more ready, more sure. And in almost every case, the delay cost more than any imperfection in the decision itself would have.

The conversation I should have had sooner. The direction I should have committed to earlier. The moment I held back, waiting for perfect clarity that was never going to arrive.
Iacocca is right. Sometimes the timing is the decision.
So here's the question: What decision have you been sitting on, one that you already know is probably right, that you're still waiting to make?

Because the duck is moving. The window that's open today may not be open tomorrow. And the most correct decision in the world, made too late, is no decision at all.
You don't need certainty. You need courage and a deadline.
Decide. Before the duck flies.

That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern, I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

Lee Iacocca – “Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.”
Lee Iacocca – “Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.”
May 7, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
Kurt Vonnegut – “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
May 6, 2026
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Jean-Paul Sartre – “Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.”
May 5, 2026
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Dan Sullivan – “Your eyes can only see and your ears can only hear what your brain is looking for.”
May 4, 2026
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Martin Short -“No one is any one thing.”
May 3, 2026
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Colin Kaepernick – “Pressure comes from a lack of preparation.”
May 2, 2026
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Paulo Coelho – “Do something instead of killing time because time is killing you.”
May 1, 2026
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Alice Morse Earle – “Not every day is good, but there is good in every day.”
April 30, 2026
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Unknown – “Be smart. Notice everything. But act like you know nothing.”
April 29, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
Carl Jung – “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
April 28, 2026
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The Great News Podcast is your source for positive news, inspiring stories, and good news from around the world. We skip the doom and gloom of mainstream media to focus on scientific breakthroughs, environmental wins, and the inspiring news that proves the world is getting better. Join Andrew McGivern for a dose of optimism and uplifting stories that will change your perspective on human progress.
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Keep looking for the good in the world, because it is not only there – its everywhere.

Laser-Fast Internet and Epigenetic Health
byAndrew McGivern | Good News Podcast Host - Positive News and Inspiration

The Great News podcast is brought to you by the Daily Quote.

Today, a discovery that could turn our oceans into a source of clean, green fuel. That's our lead story today.

Plus, we’ll look at a ”molecular staple” for hard-to-treat cancers, a way to silence cholesterol without permanently altering your DNA, and a wireless system that’s twice as efficient as Wi-Fi.

Turning Sunlight and Seawater into Hydrogen

How Stapled Peptides Could Change Cancer Treatment

Turning Off Bad Genes

How Laser Tech Is Rewriting the Rules of WirelessAnd don’t forget to stick around for the speed round where we’ll celebrate a historic victory against an ancient disease.Chile Eliminates Leprosy

Revolutionizing Brain Research and Treatment!

China’s Gigantic Battery

How CAR T Therapy Is Learning to Fight Cancer Smarter

If you like the Great News Podcast, you will love the Great News Letter. Because the Great News Podcast is Great but the Great News Letter is Greater!

The Great News Letter is an email newsletter that you can subscribe to for FREE and get all the good news delivered to your email inbox.

For this episode we got some feedback from Brian de V. You can leave feedback for the show too by going to greatnewspodcast.com/feedback.

Or if you listen in Spotify – leave a comment right there as you listen.

Until next time… and there will be a next time.

Keep looking for the good in the world because no only is it there, its everywhere!

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Reversing Blindness with Cellular Rejuvenation and the Beating Heart-on-a-Chip
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Self-Spreading CRISPR and the Sun Battery That Outperforms Lithium-Ion
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Cancer-Eating Bacteria, 10-Passenger Flying Taxis, and the First Moon Harvest
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Can We Bottle the Sun? Plus the AI Tool Outperforming Doctors in Rare Disease Diagnosis
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Lower Crime and More Energy
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Saving the Banana and Reversing Brain Aging
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Mushroom Boxes and Bacterial Mating
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    byAndrew McGivern | Good News Podcast Host - Positive News and Inspiration

    The Great News podcast is brought to you by the Daily Quote.

    Today, a discovery that could turn our oceans into a source of clean, green fuel. That's our lead story today.

    Plus, we’ll look at a ”molecular staple” for hard-to-treat cancers, a way to silence cholesterol without permanently altering your DNA, and a wireless system that’s twice as efficient as Wi-Fi.

    Turning Sunlight and Seawater into Hydrogen

    How Stapled Peptides Could Change Cancer Treatment

    Turning Off Bad Genes

    How Laser Tech Is Rewriting the Rules of WirelessAnd don’t forget to stick around for the speed round where we’ll celebrate a historic victory against an ancient disease.Chile Eliminates Leprosy

    Revolutionizing Brain Research and Treatment!

    China’s Gigantic Battery

    How CAR T Therapy Is Learning to Fight Cancer Smarter

    If you like the Great News Podcast, you will love the Great News Letter. Because the Great News Podcast is Great but the Great News Letter is Greater!

    The Great News Letter is an email newsletter that you can subscribe to for FREE and get all the good news delivered to your email inbox.

    For this episode we got some feedback from Brian de V. You can leave feedback for the show too by going to greatnewspodcast.com/feedback.

    Or if you listen in Spotify – leave a comment right there as you listen.

    Until next time… and there will be a next time.

    Keep looking for the good in the world because no only is it there, its everywhere!

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