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Quotes About Decision

One day you wake up and you decide you want to be different. You want a different life. You are tired of your old life. This is the truth. You will a change.
~ Frederick Lenz
The frog atop the stack of coins dares not jump.
~ Steven Erikson
People who make up their minds about something never listen to advice - especially when it's to the contrary.
~ Steven Erikson
He had told himself that it was an act of courage to let her go, to give her the final decision. Courage and sacrifice. He no longer believed that. There was no sacrifice made in being abandoned. There was no courage in doing nothing.
~ Steven Erikson
The manner in which we gamble defines the stakes. Win or lose, it shall be absolute.' The
~ Steven Erikson
It was no crime to turn from the common path, yet it came at a cost nonetheless.
~ Steven Erikson
Never bargain with a man who has nothing to lose.
~ Steven Erikson
When the time for action comes, all doubts must be discarded.
~ Steven Erikson
To draw a weapon is to announce an end to uncertainty.
~ Steven Erikson
It's just the place we chose. To do what's right. But then, maybe that alone gives reason to take us down, to destroy us.
~ Steven Erikson
upon what has gone before, and that one must be mindful of that at every moment, with every choice made and about to be made.
~ Steven Erikson
We faced a choice then,' Haut went on. 'To resume our onward journey, or to turn round, to discover the blessing that is walking back the way we came. In our standing in one place, we argued for centuries, until finally, in our mutual and well-deserved disgust, we each chose our own paths.' 'And so ended your civilization.' 'It was never much of one to begin with. But then, few are.
~ Steven Erikson
You can't steer anyone away from the path they're going to take. You can show 'em that there's plenty of other paths – you can do that much – but past that? They'll go where they go.
~ Steven Erikson
Rely not upon conscience,' Feren said, hearing the bitterness in her own voice and not caring. 'It ever kneels to necessity.' 'And necessity is often a lie
~ Steven Erikson
Heed the lesson there, son." "What lesson?" "Every decision you make can change the world. The best life is the one the gods don't notice. You want to live free, boy, live quietly." "I want to be a soldier. A hero." "You'll grow out of it.
~ Steven Erikson
Every decision you make can change the world. The best life is the one the gods don't notice. You want to live free, boy, live quietly.
~ Steven Erikson
Ublala, destiny is the fate you find for yourself. Many hold to the belief that it is preordained, as if the future was already decided and there is nothing you can do to escape it. I do not. Each of us is free to decide.
~ Steven Erikson
Anyone could reason themselves into a corner, and so justify surrender.
~ Steven Erikson
There had been no time when he'd felt alone. Alone in the frightened sense, that is. Solitude was born of decision, and could be as easily yielded when its purpose was done.
~ Steven Erikson
Would've made a good Emperor, I said. Not wanting the job is the best and only qualification worth considering
~ Steven Erikson
Every decision you make can change the world. The best life is the one the gods don't notice. You want to live free, boy, live quietly.
~ Steven Erikson
Every decision you make can change the world. The best life is the one the gods don't notice. You want to live free, boy, live quietly. I want to be a soldier. A hero. You'll grow out of it.
~ Steven Erikson
A nose in the air just made it easier to cut the throat beneath it. And when it came to that choice, why, he never hesitated. As sure as any force of Nature.
~ Steven Erikson
She might decide on a real curse. And if she does, I need to counter it." "Hood's breath, what did you say to her?" "I made a terrible mistake. I agreed with her mother.
~ Steven Erikson