Quotes About Decision

To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself's too late, the wise lived yesterday.

Each life is a game of chess that went to hell on the seventh move(...)

We all have a dark place in us. It's what we do with it and the choice we make.

I'd already made the decision before I'd even read it-just because it was John Sayles. Then when I read it, the themes were actually themes that have been a big part of my life.

Life is more a matter of choosing than knowing. He could never know the eventual destination of his path, but he could always choose in which direction to take each step.

I guess life is full of maybes.

If not now, then when?

Which ticket will you buy?

These qualities were captured in a poem she called "Decision," written in the winter of 1992-93. She wrote of her battle to overcome her fears and the secrecy and silence that had always oppressed her. She had chosen, she said, to "no longer" let her abduction experiences "take all of me . . . At least I will have the dignity," she concluded, "of knowing and owning my own memory.

Deliberately, as if committing himself to something, he stepped forward and walked down the path to the porch and knocked on the front door.

I want you to comprehend the strength of the world she … she would have to leave if, if she married you

It does not matter what sixty-six percent of people do in any particular situation. All that matters is what you do.

It must be my logical consideration of a decision many see as purely intuitive or emotional that throws other people for a loop.

Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information.

Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet. AFRICAN PROVERB

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.

It harassed him always, that beautiful snow. He could never understand why he didn't go to California. Yet he stayed in Colorado, in the deep snow, because it was too late now.

Leave town, Henry. Leave before they trap you

One night I was sitting on the bed in my hotel room on Bunker Hill, down in the middle of Los Angeles. It was an important night in my life, because I had to make a decision about the hotel. Either I paid up or I got out: that was what the note said, the note the landlady had put under my door. A great problem, deserving acute attention. I solved it by turning out the lights and going to bed.

One night I was sitting on the bed in my hotel room on Buker Hill, down in the middle of Los Angeles. It was an important night in my life, because I had to make a decision about the hotel. Either I paid up or I got out: that was what the note said, the note the landlady had put under my door. A great problem, deserving acute attention. I solved it by turning out the lights and going to bed.

What counts is not how scared you are or how brave you claim to be or even how calm you are. All that matters is what you do.

so-and-so is using?' You just knew. I never held it against anyone. It was one of those things where you knew they were just trying to keep their jobs, extend their careers. I guess I didn't

Britain's decision to send troops to the city did more to change the thinking of Bostonians than any step previously taken by London.

You will be getting a haircut, won't you?" Halt ran his hand through his hair. It was getting a little long, he thought. I'll give it a trim," he said, his hand dropping unconciously to the hilt of his saxe knife. This time, Pauline did look up. You'll get a haircut," she said. Her gaze was steady and unwavering. I'll get a haircut," he agreed meekly.