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Quotes About Decision

Finally, everyone involved must give the decision reached by the group full support. This does not necessarily mean agreement: so long as the participants commit to back the decision, that is a satisfactory outcome.
~ Andrew S. Grove
To make things work, people do not need to side with you; you only need them to commit themselves to pursue a course of action that has been decided upon.
~ Andrew S. Grove
I have seen far too many people who upon recognizing today's gap try very hard to determine what decision has to be made to close it. But today's gap represents a failure of planning sometime in the past.
~ Andrew S. Grove
What decision needs to be made? •  When does it have to be made? • Who will decide? •  Who will need to be consulted prior to making the decision? •  Who will ratify or veto the decision? •  Who will need to be informed of the decision?
~ Andrew S. Grove
Remember too that your time is your one finite resource, and when you say "yes" to one thing you are inevitably saying "no" to another.
~ Andrew S. Grove
Remember that by saying "yes"—to projects, a course of action, or whatever—you are implicitly saying "no" to something else.
~ Andrew S. Grove
You can be the subject of a strategic inflection point but you can also be the cause of one
~ Andrew S. Grove
Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand, just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk.
~ Andrew Schneider
If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump.
~ Andrew Vachss
There were few avenues of appeal against a declaration of madness – the law holding that the madman was by his nature incapable of the rational decision to take legal action
~ Andrew Wareham
I'd realized that the surest way forward was to burn all the bridges behind.
~ Andrew X. Pham
Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it.
~ Andrew Young
If that's the word you like, then why not use it. First or last, there's no difference.
~ Andrus Kivirähk
I thought I was choosing the lesser evil. I chose the lesser evil. Lesser evil! I'm Geralt! Witcher…I'm the Butcher of Blaviken—
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Nothing. I've had a bit to drink and I'm philosophizing. I'm looking for general truths. And I've found one: lesser evils exist, but we can't choose them. Only True Evil can force us to such a choice. Whether we like it or not.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Madam Yennefer, Forgive me. I'm riding to Hirundum because I want to see Geralt. I want to see him before I start school. Forgive my disobedience, but I must. I know you'll punish me, but I don't want to regret my indecision and hesitation. If I'm to have regrets, let them be for deeds and actions. I'm an enchantress. I seize life by the scruff of the neck. I'll return when I can. - Ciri
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
If I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Those who don't have a bed at all, you eliminate on the spot. From those who remain, you eliminate the owners of any dirty or slovenly beds. And when only those who have clean and tidy beds remain, you choose the one you find most attractive. Unfortunately, the method is not a hundred per cent foolproof. You can make a terrible mistake." "You're
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Zawsze trzeba dziaÅ'a?. ?le czy dobrze, oka?e siÄ™ pó?niej. Å»aÅ'uje siÄ™ wyÅ'Ä…cznie bezczynnoÅ›ci, niezdecydo­wania, wahania. Czynów i decyzji, cho? niekiedy przynoszÄ… smutek i ?al, nie ?aÅ'uje siÄ™.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Z?o to z?o. Mniejsze, wi?ksze, ?rednie, wszystko jedno, proporcje s? umowne a granice zatarte (...), je?eli mam wybiera? pomi?dzy jednym z?em a drugim, to wol? nie wybiera? wcale.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Z?o to z?o, Stregoborze - rzek? powa?nie wied?min wstaj?c. - Mniejsze, wi?ksze, ?rednie, wszystko jedno, proporcje s? umowne a granice zatarte. Nie jestem ?wi?tobliwym pustelnikiem, nie samo dobro czyni?em w ?yciu. Ale je?eli mam wybiera? pomi?dzy jednym z?em a drugim, to wol? nie wybiera? wcale.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Geralt?' 'Mm?' 'Don't kill it . . . Can you not?' 'A sword is a sword, Dandelion. Once drawn . . . ' 'Please try.' 'I will.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
No sólo no volveré por estos lares —continuó Geralt pacientemente—, sino que dejaré de actuar del todo como brujo. Nunca más mataré a ninguno de vosotros.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski