Quotes About Decision

A single obscure decision of prophecy, perhaps the choice of one word over another, could change the entire aspect of the future. He tells us The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door.

he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning "That path leads ever down into stagnation." —

Every judgment teeters on the brink of error.

You have no position from which to negotiate. Certain things will be done. You will comply willingly, your compliance will be forced, or we will act without you.

What is justice? Two forces collide. Each may have the right in his own sphere. And here's where an Emperor commands orderly solutions. Those collisions he cannot prevent—he solves." "How?" "In the simplest way: he decides." "Keeping his friends and destroying his enemies.

Uno no debe arriesgarlo todo por liquidar prematuramente una cuenta

Choose a good worm," she said, giving him the Fremen words of parting

The eye that looks ahead to the safe course is closed forever

When a creature has developed into one thing, he will choose death rather than change into his opposite.

Arrakis enseña la actitud del cuchillo... cortar lo que es incompleto y decir: Ahora ya está completo porque acaba aquí» De Frases escogidas de Muad'Dib, por la Princesa Irulan.

Per lui, ogni goccia che cadeva era un attimo che moriva. Sentiva il tempo scorrere dentro di lui, e ogni istante non poteva esser più ricatturato. Sentì il bisogno di prendere una decisione, ma non aveva la forza di muoversi.

Intelligence takes chances with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary.

How soon this child must assume his manhood, Halleck thought. How soon he must read that form within his mind, that contract of brutal caution, to enter the necessary fact on the necessary line: 'Please list your next of kin.

eye that looks ahead to the safe course is closed forever

It is the river, Leto thought. If I turn, I will see the thing that I have done.

I'm at the fulcrum

In haste, MF.

He knew this was among the alternatives today, a fact along lines of the future radiating from this position in time-space.

Choose containable violence when violence cannot be avoided. Better this than epidemic violence. — Lessons of Choice, The BuSab Manual

Sheeana would learn in time that any person who lived through the decision to die evolved a new emotional balance. Fears were transitory.

Bir karara varamamak ba?l? ba??na bir karard?.

IF.' 'If you had only . . . If we had but. . .' He wanted to shout them into silence. 'Only fools prefer the past!

Cuando una criatura se ha desarrollado de un modo determinado, elegirá morir antes que cambiar a su opuesto.

The gom jabbar, the high-handed enemy.