Quotes About Reconsideration

To change any aspect of our life we must be willing to change our mind... Unfortunately, that is the one thing most people are the least willing to do.

People seem to get nostalgic about a lot of things they weren't so crazy about the first time around.

I just realized at least what I was doing was making a lot of stuff that nobody needed and pushing a consumerist society. So I went to do something else.

Dizer que a minha liberdade termina onde começa a liberdade do outro é muito bonito. Mas e se a liberdade foi mal distribuída e o meu vizinho tem um latifúndio de liberdade enquanto a minha é um quintal de liberdade, liberdade mesmo que tadinha? Não é feio sugerir um reestudo da divisão.

There were endless ways to spend your days, I knew that, none of them right or wrong. But given the chance for a real do-over, another way around, who would say no?

You can look back at anything and wish you'd done something differently.

There's a couple of songs of my own I wished I'd have never put out, that, you know, I'd like to burn. But with the advent of digital and computer, nothing goes away any more, you know.

I missed a lot of decisions. At the time of making such a decision, there was no doubt in my mind as to its correctness. However, a second or two later I felt that I erred and wished I could change my original ruling.

When we have 'second thoughts' about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.

Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts.

First thoughts are not always the best.

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

2. For every action, ask: How does it affect me? Could I change my mind about it?

For every action, ask: How does it affect me? Could I change my mind about it?

Two kinds of readiness are constantly needed: (i) to do only what the logos of authority and law directs, with the good of human beings in mind; (ii) to reconsider your position, when someone can set you straight or convert you to his. But your conversion should always rest on a conviction that it's right, or benefits others—nothing else. Not because it's more appealing or more popular.

In function, Jesus's aphorisms are very much like his parables—provocative and invitational forms of speech. They provoke thought, lead people to reconsider their taken-for-granted assumptions, and invite them to see life differently.

The second time I went to jail, I was like, 'okay, this is not the move.'

I think everybody at some point - especially if they've been working their whole lives - should take time out and think about what they've done.

She needed to keep an open mind. She might have been hasty in dismissing the entire male gender.

If only I could have my time again.

when a man fell into a deep hole, it was usually a good idea to stop digging.

Every time I think that it's not worth it – that the people in it deserve the misery of their lives – I come across someone who makes me rethink that.

There are moments in one's life where you look back and you say, 'Well, I wish I had done this differently.

But my lord, when we addressed this issue a few years ago, didn't you argue the other side?" He said, "That's true, but when I get more evidence I sometimes change my mind. What do you do?