Quotes About Decision

The detective had moved to Fort Lauderdale from St. Paul because his wife had inexplicably yearned to experience humidity.

Late on the night of August 27, with a warm breeze at his back and nine cold Budweisers in his belly, Keith Higstrom decided to go hunting. His friends declined to accompany him, as Keith was as clumsy and unreliable a shooter as he was a drunk.

I didn't tell my parents what happened because they would've freaked and gone straight to Dusty Muleman, or maybe even the police, which was not how I wanted to handle it.

Killian won't go for it. The mother won't go for it. Hell, Davey, I've got no morals whatsoever, and I wouldn't go for it! It's the worst goddamn thing I ever heard.

A man like that is someone to go out with—once—twice—three times when the devil is in you. But live with? Have a child by?

Sometimes a man has got to hock his sweet used-to-be in order to finance his present situation...

Hanging onto a bad buy will not redeem the purchase.

You either have a plan or you become part of somebody else's plan.

We may have doubts, but we control the present. We always have the choice to move forward with hope and confidence.

You know, son, God will give you what you choose. And if you think about that real hard, it'll scare you to death. I don't think you're ready to suffer the consequences of those choices.

And every time you make a decision to be less than what God wants for you, you're denying yourself some of God's blessings. It's up to you. You can live a life with God's blessings, or just exist with all the consequences of choosing wrong.

But your responsibilities are sometimes given you without choice, without consent.

We all struggle with what's right and wrong, Paxon. That's the nature of our lives. We have to figure out what we can live with, and hope that what we do to bring it about doesn't exact a cost that's too high. We have to decide where to draw the line.

One kiss did not create a lifetime relationship. One moment did not define everything that would happen in the future.

It is not given to us already cast. It is given as a set of possibilities, and we must choose which of these we would make happen and then try to see it done.

Failure to act in a timely manner can be fatal.

Well, that's what you did when things went wrong. You thought about what you would do if you had that second chance you would never get.

Life was so mysterious and quixotic. It was an infinite maze, but ultimately there was only one right path for each human who sought to navigate its twisting corridors.

given the power to choose our fate. Fate always decides for us in the end, though we can choose the direction and make the journey. We do as much for ourselves as we can. Sometimes it is enough; sometimes it isn't. But we must try; it is in the nature of our character to always try." I stare at him, thinking through what he says.

You make the choice to use a weapon or not, and your choices will always matter more than the weapon itself, for weapons have a tendency to steal away compassion, empathy, and any consideration of what you

Sometimes the choices you are given are bad ones, no matter which way you go. And therefore the consequences are bad ones, as well.

Ends and origins are not inherent in the world. It is you, not the world, who calls the shots in this respect. Wherever you make a start, however, you may be sure that an enormous amount will have happend already. And whenever you call a halt, a great deal will carry on regardless.

Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.

History is rarely made by reasonable men.