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Quotes About Decision

To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune; Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?
~ William Shakespeare
Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.
~ Lee Iacocca
The successful man is he who, when he sees that no further certainty is attainable, promptly decides on the most probable side, as if he were completely sure it was right.
~ Mark Rutherford
Soon after a heart-wrung decision, something inevitably occurs to cast doubt on your choice. Holding steady against that doubt usually proves your decision.
~ R. I. Fitzhenry
In case of doubt, decide in favor of what is correct.
~ Karl Kraus
Each morning puts man on trial and each evening passes judgement.
~ Roy L. Smith
True luck consists not in holding the best cards at the table; luckiest he who knows just when to rise and go home.
~ John Hay
Of two evils choose the least.
~ Erasmus
When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before.
~ Mae West
Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
~ Anonymous
I've arrived at this outermost edge of my life by my own actions. Where I am is thoroughly unacceptable. Therefore, I must stop doing what I have been doing.
~ Alice Koller
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
~ Brendan Francis
Half the failures in life come from pulling one's horse in when he is leaping.
~ A. W. Hare
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: try to please everybody.
~ Herbert Bayard Swope
The die is cast.
~ Suetonius
Hate is not a good counselor.
~ Victoria Wolff
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
~ Anonymous
There is but one good throw upon the dice, which is to throw them away.
~ Paul Chatfield
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
~ Baltasar Gracian
In putting off what one has to do, one runs the risk of never being able to do it.
~ Charles Baudelaire
Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
~ Victor Kiam
The hour is ripe, and yonder lies the way.
~ Virgil
To choose is also to begin.
~ Starhawk