Quotes About Decision

I was not conceived out of love. I was born from a mistake. A reckless decision that my teenage mother and father made. I was such a bad choice that one of them decided to bail.

But caution can have unintended consequences. After the 9/11 attacks in New York, many people felt more nervous of flying and took to their cars instead. Psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer states that 1,500 more people than usual were killed on US roads over the following year.10

be a British pilot in the Royal Air Force, press here. To be an American pilot fighting in the Pacific Ocean, press here. To be a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, press here.

I propose going up the Delaware, In order to be nearer this place than I should be by taking The course of the Chesapeake which I once intended."1 — William Howe, July 16, 1777

I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money.

A bit early to put all the chips in the fryer just yet. Why don't you just wait and see? Remember: There's a reason the Fairy godmother gave Cinderella two glass slippers.

Early this morning, I signed my death warrant.

Don't go growing a conscience on me," I said. "I've been down that road. It doesn't lead you to anything good.

Mary Tryphena said, It's the only thing the world gives us, you know. The right to say yes or no to love.

What does it mean to regret when you have no choice? It's what you can bear. And there it is... It was death. I chose life.

Man could not love if he were unable to choose love, and with this choice came the ability to choose love's opposite.

In time of crisis it is better to do any intelligent thing quickly than to hesitate, searching for the ideal.

YOU'VE GOT BIG IDEAS AND AMBITIONS IN YOUR CAREER, and you've done well ... so far. But are you ready for your next move? Because your path to the top will be built step-by-step through a series of major career moves. And each time you make a change, you have the opportunity to shine or to stumble. Shine and you will be positioned for still greater things. Stumble and you may never recover.

Decision making becomes more political—less about authority, and more about influence.

All right," said Spiff. "Now this is what I say, anyone who thinks they've got a better plan can say so afterwards.

it (love) must be a conscious choice and not an emotional response (Matthew 5:46).

In extraordinary circumstances and against the odds, Churchill became Prime Minister instead of Halifax, and that one decision changed the course of history.

The time for change is when it can no longer be resisted. In other words, when you have a man by the balls and are pulling hard, he will invariably follow in your footsteps.

You should know now that a man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting, not by thinking about what he will think when he has finished acting. A man of knowledge chooses a path with heart and follows it. Carlos Castaneda

Strategy is making trade-offs in competing. The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.

So long as you're facing in the right direction, every step you take is the right step.

In Dante's Limbo, the Ignavi are always waiting. Their crime in life was that they preferred to wait until everything was decided rather than commit themselves to a cause when its prospects were uncertain, and now they are condemned to wait forever in the vestibule of hell. Anyone can jump on a bandwagon. The heroes are those who got involved long before the bandwagon arrived. You have to find a cause and commit yourself fully. That's the first step in giving meaning to your life.

How many things there are that I do not want. —SOCRATES, CIRCA 425 B.C.

It isn't action, he suspects, that usually lands a thief in prison. It's hesitation.