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Quotes About Decision

The parliamentary principle of decision by majorities only appears during quite short periods of history, and those are always periods of decadence in nations and States.
~ Adolf Hitler
I long for the day that "Roe v. Wade" is sent to the ash heap of history.
~ Mike Pence
An hour's history of two minds is well told in a game of chess.
~ Jose Raul Capablanca
Surely if we have learned anything from the history of morals it is that the thing to do with a moral quandary is not to hide it.
~ H. L. A. Hart
We humans have come to a crossroads in our history: we can either destroy the world or create a good future.
~ Sakyong Mipham
I find it most intriguing to contemplate the fact that while men are considering what place to give Jesus Christ in history, He has already decided what place to give them in eternity.
~ Leonard Ravenhill
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
~ James Branch Cabell
A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a country through its actions.
~ Benjamin Hooks
Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make.
~ Ruth Benedict
Many of us ask what can I, as one person, do, but history shows us that everything good and bad starts because somebody does something or does not do something.
~ Sylvia Earle
Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
~ Charles de Gaulle
If you have autism in the family history, you still vaccinate. Delay it a bit, space them out.
~ Temple Grandin
A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Throughout history, one of the biggest problems is that the correct course of action is not always obvious, and the obvious course of action is not always correct.
~ Mardy Grothe
When great changes occur in history when great principles are involved as a rule the majority are wrong.
~ Eugene V. Debs
The historic lesson is that it was a strategic failure to go into Iraq. History will not be and should not be kind with that decision.
~ Michael T. Flynn
I came very close to quitting my job for the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign. I seriously considered packing up my office and heading home to Colorado.
~ Mary Cheney
Don't wonder whether you have a call to go. Have you had a distinct call from Christ to stay at home?
~ George Wilson
If he is superior then I would go home, for another day that is better.
~ Erich Hartmann
Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
~ Mae West
There are those who stay at home and those who go away, and it has always been so. Everyone can choose for himself, but he must choose while there is still time and never change his mind.
~ Tove Jansson
Think of it as the Doorway of No Return. The feeling must be that your lead character, once she passes through, cannot go home again until the major problem of the plot is solved.
~ James Scott Bell
The right combination of guilt and machismo has sent many a fool out into the jungle when he should have stayed home.
~ Jimmy Buffett
One road leads home and a thousand roads lead into the wilderness.
~ C. S. Lewis