Quotes About Decision

He will only do the wrong thing when it's the right thing to do.

He will only do the wrong thing when it's the right thing to do.

But there's a road to hell for every good intention.

everything can—and will—change in an instant. People, truths, whole realities. The trick is deciding if a certain change is good, or bad, or some other thing we don't yet have words for.

But... don't we get a say? Actually, said Cirrus, no.

What's that expression? The devil you know is better than the one you don't?

If it was a time bomb, then what she had done that day was started the clock.

Truth can only be served from a scalding kettle; whether you blister or make tea is up to you.

The curb is the launching point for many a deed. To step off could be the start of a life-changing journey. On the other hand to push someone off could crush that person beneath the wheels of a truck.

It's out of my hands. Then put it back in your hands!

We'd see, we'd hear, we'd feel so deeply that we might never resurface. So we make decisions and base our lives on those decisions, never realizing we're only seeing one-tenth of the whole. Then we cling to our narrow conclusions like our lives depend on it.

B)ut a second can split in a million different directions...

1) YOU ARRIVED HERE BY NECESSITY. YOU STAY HERE BY CHOICE.

You'd make a good scythe. Citra recoiled. I'd never want to be one. That, he said, is the first requirement

Tell me, Connor, is this the first time you've been pregnant?' 'What?' 'Just answer the question, yes or no.' 'Yes. I mean no! Shut up! What kind of stupid-ass question is that?' Cam smiles. 'You see? You're damned no matter how you answer. By playing both sides, Proactive Citizenry keeps people focused on choosing between two different kinds of unwinding, making people forget that the real question...' 'Is whether or not someone should be unwound at all.

We make mistakes. Believe me, if Goddard is installed as High Blade, half of the scythes who put him there will regret it in the morning, but by then it will be too late!

Forse siamo come una moneta in bilico

I stand behind my decision. You see yourself as failing- but that's not what I see. Sure, when you're in the midst of your own suffering, it's easy to convince yourself that you're no good- but we are all tested in this life, Connor. The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.

There is a vast difference between the things I can do, and the things I choose to do.

Honey, I'd never take an unwound part for myself. But when they told me the only way to save my boy's life was to basically gut him and replace all his internal organs with someone else's, I didn't even hesitate. So my conscience will ache for the rest of my life, but that's a small price to pay for having my son still on this earth.

Itulah yang disebut undang-undang: tebakan cerdas mengenai yang benar dan salah. [P. 235]

Have not a hand in the blade with abandon.

Everyone just calls me Emby. Is that your choice, or theirs? asks the Admiral. Well...theirs, mostly-but I got used to it. Never let anyone else name you, says the Admiral.

But what good did that do now? It was as if they existed in two different universes. Dwelling on such feelings couldn't lead them anywhere good. Yet still she entertained the thought. She even considered saying those words to him again . . . but she held her tongue, as a good scythe must do.