Quotes About Decision

A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.

After a sharp inward struggle, he concluded to stay and see it out. He should despise himself, more than he cared to face, if he gave in now.

Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.

But this momentous question [the Missouri Compromise], like a firebell in the night awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it the knell of the Union.

Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.

Choice by the people themselves is not generally distinguished for its wisdom.

Democracy is 51% of the people taking away the rights of the other 49%.

Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company 600,000. No, I replied, I just spent 600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience

Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't

Wars are begun by frightened men.

All of us, young and old, need to be reminded that our attitude is something we choose. "Most people," Abraham Lincoln said, "are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Within the strictures of commonsense reality and personal ability, we can choose to do anything we like in this world … with one exception: We cannot choose what any of our choices will be.

Easy," he muttered under his breath. "Save the foolish heroics for the 'all-else-fails' part of the program.

We both liked children; we just didn't want any ourselves. There were children everywhere, and we saw no reason to start our own brand. Young couples plunge into parenthood and about half the time they end up with some ghastly problem on their hands. We thought we'd leave that to others.

The right thing was confusing, and difficult, and sometimes Jason wondered if it was in fact a nonexistent ideal, like heaven or the American dream. There was no right thing. You did what you did for whatever reasons occurred to you at the time, depending on whichever emotion was running thickest in your blood. Your desire and fear and adrenaline and longing. You made your choice and came up with the reasons later.

Doch Warten war ein Luxus, den er sich nicht mehr leisten konnte.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

The right of war and peace is in the nation. where else should it reside but in those who are to pay the expense?

I choose my life to this free. I choose my life to be this way

Her mother had not told Jane that happiness was not something she had waited for, but something she had decided.

I meant you can pick." "If

a guy called Vasili Arkhipov saved the world

Choose your love. Love your choice.

The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.