Quotes About Decision

Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni had been uncertain what to say. He wondered whether he should ask Mma Ramotswe why she had not consulted him, but decided against it. If husbands started to question their wives' decisions, then where would it end, and what purpose would it serve? You could not undo what your wife had done.

There are roads to Damascus, she told herself. People travel on them.

He wondered why he had ignored parental advice, and decided that it was because it was parental – that was why.

Trust your nose, but make sure it's pointing in the right direction.

But the real question, boys, is this: do we have a duty to do anything to stop things we may not like? Is it all right just to do nothing, provided that we don't do anything that makes matters worse?

Perhaps they could get married in heaven, if he left it too late. That would certainly be cheaper.

A moral dilemma is equally absorbing whether the stakes are the destiny of nations or the happiness of one or two people - at the most.

As they left the shop, Mma Ramotswe made amends and told Mma Makutsi that she really thought the blue shoes very beautiful. There was no point in disapproving of a purchase once the deed had been done.

Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.

Don't let yourself do something simply because you've started on a path and feel that you should complete it. Life is too short for that.

It's better to make a change now than to keep living your mistake simply because you worked hard to get there.

In general, people only ask for advice that they may not follow it; or, if they should follow it, that they may have somebody to blame for having given it.

When you are in doubt as to which you should serve forsake the material appearance for the invisible principle for this is everything.

What a fool I was not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to avenge myself!

take away this remaining doubt that, if it does not become a certainty, will turn into remorse.

I acted hastily towards him. Haste is a poor counsellor: I acted wrongly.

Happiness and Unhappiness are not things that just happen to you, they are a choice. They are a perspective. Smile, and think about that for a moment. Now smile some more. Not that hard is it?

You can either choose to walk in light and love, or run in fear and darkness. But with the latter, you're more likely to fall.

Believing in God is as much like falling in love as it is making a decision. Love is both something that happens to you and something you decide upon.

I was offered a choice of a flat salary up front or a percentage of the film's future earnings. I took the up front money. Nobody could have figured what Halloween would ultimately become.

In retrospect, the reason for her decision seems evident. Our Noriko, for so many years troubled by the demands of society on one hand and the needs of the self on the other, finally decided. She would do what she wanted. And she did. All attempts to lure her out over the years have been rebuffed. When a documentary was made on Ozu, she refused to appear, just as, when he died, she did not attend his funeral. Setsuko Hara was her own person at last. On Japanese actress Setsuko Hara

No decision should be made on an empty shopping bag.

Would your family support you if you decided you didn't want to be a cattle baron and run the family dynasty?" "Cattle baron, am I now?

Most people — however much they might deny it — had an idea of what they were getting into when they got into it.