Quotes About Decisions

Things you have now, things you've lost. People who're near by, people who've gone far away. No matter what you choose, truth is, both regret and reluctance are going to follow you around. You just have to make sure you don't make excuses to yourself down the road.

You can't erase your past. And as long as you have a past, you're just like everyone else. You have to learn to live with that. It matters...eventually the choices you make today will be part of that past. So think about it, and decide how you want to live.

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

Life is a million choices, and every choice is a choice not to do something else, and so regrets accrue with life.

The state is a matter of consent,' I heard old Master Tiraes instruct her as she sat at his feet. 'The king and the subjects all agree that one shall rule and others shall be ruled. Decisions taken by a king, therefore, bind his followers, but they cannot be forced too far, because then they will depose the king and seek another, better able to carry out their will.

I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.

No, she decided, she was taking care of him; someone in this family had to make sound decisions, even if they weren't as fascinating in the end, the lack of any explosions, no screaming or crying or psychological scarring. Then she thought of Daniel, growing an impressive beard in Wyoming, writing the most ridiculous bullshit a human could think of, and began to reconsider her judgment regarding potential love interests.

That's why I want you there, he said. You're unpredictable, and that can be the difference between success and failure. Most people make decisions in anger, fear, love, or obligation. You make decisions to irritate people.

That's why I want you there, he said. You're unpredictable, and that can be the difference between success and failure. Most people make decisions in anger, fear, love, or obligation. You make decisions to irritate people.

I find it hard to believe that a genuine spiritual master will tell me what to do when such a master should know that I will grow only by making my own decisions. For some people I have met, having a cosmic being give them personal instructions gives them a clear sense of being validated by the highest authority.

We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.

As a little girl, Mom had a simple faith in God, which began in church and shaped many of her values and decisions. When she married Dad, she presumed they would go to church as a family—but Dad had other ideas. He didn't want his kids being corralled into any particular religion. He insisted his kids be able to make up their own minds when they were older, so he adamantly refused to let us attend even Sunday school. So Mom kept quiet and prayed in the simple way she knew how.

She put the needs of a few of those closest to her ahead of the many.

creating more space for stillness in order to reflect on important decisions.

When states decide to use force to deal with broader threats to international peace and security, there is no substitute for the unique legitimacy provided by the United Nations.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

History is the sum total of all the things that could have been avoided.

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.

History is the sum total of the things that could have been avoided.

Taking ownership for your decisions and your problems is the only way to ever become a healthy person.

I guess I've found that I'd rather be alone than with the wrong person.

People can do all kinds of things that maybe aren't wise in hindsight because of jealousy.

Don't think about who they are. Think about who you are and what sacrifices you can live with and what will break you.

The measure of a man comes down to moments, spread out like dots of pain on the canvas on life. Everything you were, everything you'll someday be, resides in the small, seemingly ordinary choices of everyday life.....Each decision seems as insignificant as a left turn on an unfamiliar road when you have no destination in mind. But the decisions accumulate until you realize one day that they've made you the man that you are.