Quotes About Decision

You just got days, it seemed to her. Where stuff happened or it didn't. Where planning just showed you what a fool you were to think you had any say over what your life would be.

I don't understand people who get power and then just give it up. Just say, 'Oh, what the fuck, I just don't want it anymore. I'm retiring.

A few of you are here by choice. Or at least by Switzerland.

A decision had been made at high levels of the Trump administration that this matter would be resolved quickly and with a soft touch.

In light of what the company was about to become, this was, for Arthur's heirs, a spectacularly foolish transaction.

How about this?' Simmon asked me. "Which is worse, stealing a pie or killing Ambrose?" I gave it a moment's hard thought. "A meat pie, or a fruit pie?

Sometimes leaving is the only thing you can do.

So rather than risk saying the wrong thing, I said nothing.

I knew it to be good advice, and ignored it

You need to decide what you want for yourself. You want to go home? There's a price. You want control over your life? There's a price. You want the freedom to say no? There's a price. There's always a price.

Chronicler frowned. "You said yourself that there was nothing you could have done." "I could have," Kvothe said seriously, "and I didn't. I made my choice and I regret it to this day. Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.

Does anyone object to me leaving?

As with many things, hesitation is better than hurry.

Por muy atractiva que parezca una cosa, tienes que valorar los riesgos que corres. Cuánto lo deseas, cuánto estás dispuesto a quemarte.

If I had my choice again, I would only change how fast I ran.

Mes parents n'étaient pas vraiment mariés. Je veux dire qu'ils n'avaient jamais pris la peine d'officialiser leur union en passant devant un prêtre. Ils se considéraient comme mari et femme et ne voyaient pas à quoi cela les aurait avancés de mettre Dieu ou ceux qui les gouvernaient dans la confidence. Je respecte cette décision. À dire vrai, ils paraissaient bien plus heureux et fidèles que nombre de couples officiellement mariés que j'ai rencontrés depuis.

I made my choice and I regret it to this day. Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.

Does six strike you as a good number?" I didn't know what he was getting at. "Six isn't exactly a lucky number," I hedged. "If I were looking for a good number I'd have to go up to seven." I shrugged. "Or down to three.

Kote was a long while in answering. "I tend to think too much, Bast. My greatest successes came from decisions I made when I stopped thinking and simply did what felt right. Even if there was no good explanation for what I did." He smiled wistfully. "Even if there were very good reasons for me not to do what I did.

Out with it," Kote said finally. "What were you thinking?" Bast said with an odd mixture of confusion and concern. Kote was a long while in answering. "I tend to think too much, Bast. My greatest successes came from decisions I made when I stopped thinking and simply did what felt right. Even if there was no good explanation for what I did." He smiled wistfully. "Even if there were very good reasons for me not to do what I did.

I should have been bolder and kissed her at the end. I should have been more cautious. I had talked too much. I ha said too little.

Dejé de prestarle atención. Wil y Sim tenían razón: el tipo estaba mal de la cabeza. ¿Qué pasaría si yo salía corriendo de la habitación, desatrancaba la puerta y la cerraba? ¿Me lo agradecerían los otros maestros?

A veces lo único que puedes hacer es marcharte.

Por qué? Porque el orgullo nos hace hacer cosas extrañas, y porque la generosidad debe recompensarse con generosidad. Pero sobre todo porque me pareció lo correcto, y eso ya es razón suficiente.