Quotes About Decision-making

If we go into the visit with both parties knowing what's going on, then we can spend the visit talking about what we do about it.

Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.

Somehow," she said coldly, "you have confused profitable and not profitable for right and wrong. I, however, have not.

But if she is alone now, it is because she chose to be alone, not because someone decreed if for her. Her life is hers to live, not yours to repair.

There is this, boy. And you should remember it in every situation, not just this one. Learning is never wrong. Even learning how to kill isn't wrong. Or right. It's just a thing to learn, a thing I can teach you. That's all. For now, do you think you could learn how to do it, and later decide if you want to do it?

He said nothing to any of them, and they knew better than to speak to the captain when he stood thus, deep in thought. He had a problem. He'd settle it without help from any of them. That was what captains did.

This is a quote from C. S. Lewis. It helped me a lot when I was trying to decide God's will fro me when my emotions were overruling my logic. Feelings come adn go, and when they come, a good use can be made of them, but they cannot be our regular spiritual diet.

Hungry people make poor shoppers.

assessing risk factors and allowing for contingencies. But how often do they?

See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.

When people have the freedom to choose, they choose wrong, every single time.

Definitely not safe," Jonas said with certainty. "What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong? "Or what if," he went on, almost laughing at the absurdity, "they chose their own jobs?" "Frightening, isn't it?" The Giver said. Jonas

Making lists of reasons was sometimes a good way to figure things out.

Miles added it to his life's lessons list. Call it Rule 27B. Never make key tactical decisions while having electro-convulsive seizures.

The meaning of yes is created by the ability to say no.

At some stage of development an officer had to stop following orders and start generating them.

Although even then, it hadn't been because he hadn't wanted to learn—just that he hadn't wanted to learn what had been set on the plate in front of him that day.  The power to select his own plates had changed everything.

She opened her mouth once to speak, closed it, then finally ripped out, "Why aren't you on your way home? I gave you an order, Lieutenant!" Stuben, anticipating a warmer reception, was momentarily nonplussed. "We took a vote," he said simply, as though it explained everything. Cordelia

As the week wore on, Ivan contemplated the merits of inertia as a problem-solving technique with growing favor.

Miles added it to his life's lessons list. Call it Rule 27B. Never make key tactical decisions while having electro-convulsive seizures.

People do get hypnotized by the hard choices and stop looking at the alternatives. The will to be stupid is a powerful force

Su padre y el Estado Mayor ya lo intentaron hace quince años; les llevó dos años poner los reglamentos al día. - Bueno, eso es lo que pasa con los comités.

people do get hypnotized by the hard choices. And stop looking for alternatives. The will to be stupid is a very powerful force—

Am I horny enough to hump a bedpost? Mica asked. Not quite yet. Should I consult with you first, Doctor? Sarcasm lay thick and heavy in her voice. I believe a consult would be a good idea. Ely nodded with mocking solemnity as Mica lifted herself onto the gurney. You never know what you may end up hurting if the act isn't done properly.