Quotes About Decision-making

Who's the boss - you or your feelings?

When I was younger, thinking about whether I wanted children, I always came back to this formula: if no one had told me anything about the world, I would have invented boyfriends. I would have invented sex, friendship, art. I would not have invented child-rearing.

Such people will suddenly tell you they have another plan, and they always do it the moment things start getting difficult. But it's their everlasting switching that's the dangerous thing, not what they choose.

The Voice There is a voice inside of you That whispers all day long, "I feel this is right for me, I know that this is wrong." No teacher, preacher, parent, friend Or wise man can decide What's right for you--just listen to The voice that speaks inside.

The "Appeal to Love" was an essential part of the very structure of the Shining Barrier. What it meant was simply this question: what will be best for our love? Should one of us change a pattern of behavior that bothered the other, or should the other learn to accept? Well, which would be better for our love? Which way would be better, in any choice or decision, in the light of our single goal: to be in love as long as life might last?

Do you feel bad enough now to make some changes or would you rather wait until you feel even worse?

Any time you turn off and let someone else make any artistic decision for you, you make a mistake.

Time's going to pass anyway, so it's prioritizing what to do with that.

The best time to buy a home is always five years ago.

The interruption we now impatiently put off may be the most important thing we could be doing at this particular time?

I agree with Stephen Covey that too many people spend too much time on doing what is urgent rather than on doing what is import.

Any time you put Matheny in, that's good managing.

I'm not a rubber stamp, and people know that. If you can convince me of the merits, you will have my vote every time.

The morality of an act is a function of the state of the system at the time it is performed.

By the time executives get to high levels, they are good at making others feel confident in their judgment, even if there's no strong basis for the judgment.

I'm a uniter not a divider. That means when it comes time to sew up your chest cavity, we use stitches as opposed to opening it up.

I don't remember debates. I don't think we spent a lot of time debating it. Maybe we did, but I don't remember.

Stop-Go seemed more sensiblr than using the brake and accelerator at the same time - a practice that later became fashionable.

When you're president, you can't vote present. You have to make a decision. Sometimes it's a split second decision. You don't have time to think about it. You've got to actually decide.

No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his duty to avoid.

You're getting to be a big boy,' I said desperately, 'it's time you started thinking about your future.' 'I'm thinking about my future,' said Sonny, grimly. 'I think about it all the time.

We did what our people do all the time, we told ourselves something we did was right and we found a way to justify it, even though we knew it was wrong.

Maybe I'll have something out by Christmas, maybe not. I don't know, I'm really trying to take my time and do what feels right. (about the next step in her music career)

Strong leadership demands more than the willingness to use force. It means directing the use of the right tools at the right time for the right purpose and the right cause.