Quotes About Decisions

the only way to diminish our regrets is by making decisions that lead to peace.

Wisdom makes decisions today that will still be good for tomorrow.

Here's the bottom line. Good decisions will often have elements of not so good. And not-so-good decisions have elements of good. Either way, if I'm hoping to be able to know the perfect choice and then move forward with certainty, I'll probably not move forward. Here's where the certainty is: My imperfections will never override God's promises. God's promises are not dependent on my ability to always choose well, but rather on His ability to use well.

a pattern of wise choices in the ordinary paves the road to a demonstration of wisdom in the extraordinary.

Will this choice add to my peace or steal from it? Remember, nothing tastes as good as peace feels.

The decisions we make dictate the schedules we keep. The schedules we keep determine the lives we live. The lives we live determine how we spend our souls.

If we want His direction for our decisions, the great cravings of our souls must not only be the big moments of assignment. They must also be the seemingly small instructions in the most ordinary of moments when God points His Spirit finger saying, Go there.

Your decisions will determine direction. Your direction will determine destination. Let

I struggle with decisions, too. I don't want to miss out on opportunities, mess up relationships by disappointing people, or misstep right out of God's will.

Here's the reality of our current technique: Other people's requests dictate the decisions we make. We become slaves to others' demands when we let our time become dictated by requests. We will live reactive lives instead of proactive.

As we wisely gain knowledge through the everyday stuff, and grapple with the development of our discernment through everyday stuff, we'll use what we have to our advantage in making better decisions. (41)

You'll live your life making decisions with the Best Yes as your best filter. You'll be a grand display of God's Word lived out. Your undistracted love will make your faith ring true. Your wisdom will help you make decisions that will still be good tomorrow. And you'll be alive and present for all of it.

The decisions you make determine the schedule you keep. The schedule you keep determines the life you live. And how you live your life determines how you spend your soul.

Before the council closed in 1965, it issued sixteen documents—constitutions, declarations, and decrees—that made many widespread decisions about the life of the church. In an interview Reverend Theodore K. Parker observed that although Vatican II did not specifically tell Catholics to go out and participate in the civil rights movement, those who were inclined to do so might have taken inspiration from Gaudium et spes (The Pastoral Constitution on the Church

If you have no philosophical ground for your work, you have no place to stand from which to make decisions. Ethical ones, moral ones.

She never wants to do most of the things she forces herself to do by deciding them when she's upset. It's just that she feels trapped into following through on her promises. Even the stupid ones.

If you have no philosophical ground for your work, you have no place to stand from which to make decisions. Ethical ones, moral ones. You won't know the boundaries of your duty, and what you owe your gods—assuming you have any—the world, and your fellow men and women.

These ghastly decisions were made in a welter of starvation, which sharpened the senses but confused thought. "The brain is devoured by the stomach," said one sufferer.

In business, real discipline comes in saying no to the wrong opportunities." —Jim Collins

More and more they are relying on their gut—and their feelings—to make decisions. In fact, he said, it really doesn't matter how customers feel about you and your business. What makes a difference is how your products make them feel about themselves and their decisions.

I have no control over people's perceptions of me at all and that's one of the things I decided very early on is that I can't control the way other people think of me. All I can do, especially when it comes to my career is go out there and do cool unique kinds of things.

It is important to remember that actions taken today depend largely on expectations about the future.

Samantha talked so much she was exhausted, but she allowed her fears to be heard by both parents, and the relief was enormous. No clear decisions had been made. Nothing had really been resolved. Their advice was largely predictable, but the act of talking about it all was therapeutic.

I don't trust judges. Perhaps it's the nature of my profession. I like knockouts, not decisions.