Quotes About Decision-making

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes.

What good would politics be, if it didn't give everyone the opportunity to make moral compromises.

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

Discretion tells us what God wants of us and what He does not want of us.

The immature conscience is one that bases its judgments partly, or even entirely, on the way other people seem to be disposed toward its decisions. The good is what is admired or accepted by the people it lives with. The evil is what irritates or upsets them. Even

Hilary Clinton said you know, it takes a village to raise a child and somebody said it takes a village idiot to believe that … it is part of the whole thing of third parties wanting to make decisions for which they pay no price for when they're wrong.

The question is not what anybody deserves. The question is who is to take on the God-like role of deciding what everybody else deserves. You can talk about "social justice" all you want. But what death taxes boil down to is letting politicians take money from widows and orphans to pay for goodies that they will hand out to others, in order to buy votes to get reelected. That is not social justice or any other kind of justice.

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

Weighing benefits against costs is the way most people make decisions — and the way most businesses make decisions, if they want to stay in business. Only in government is any benefit, however small, considered to be worth any cost, however large.

Seldom do people think things through foolishly. More often, they do not bother to think things through at all, so that even brainy individuals can reach untenable conclusions because their brainpower means little if it is not deployed and applied.

The difference is that one system involves each individual making choices for himself or herself, while the other system involves a small number of people making choices for millions of others.

Statistics compiled from what people say may be worse than useless, if they lead to a belief that those numbers convey a reality that can be relied on for serious decision-making about social policies.

Bajo un gobierno electo popularmente, los incentivos políticos son hacer lo que es popular, a pesar de sus posibles consecuencias negativas, o hacer algo tan popular como sea posible

2. Impulse to "do one more thing" when I don't have enough time

can't help it! I've held my tongue as long as I dare. Please, Abby. Take a bit more time and reconsider.

The use of the passive voice to disguise one's role in the making of a decision is imprecise and obfuscatory. You're a better adman than that. Active verbs! Why not say 'I refuse to pay you fairly'?

A woman can plan when to have her family and how to support a family.

But there's more to why I chose you.

His dad always told him praying was merely talking to God. So he talked. I need help. I don't know how to handle this. If Whitney decides to have an abortion, I'm not sure I can accept it. Can I be with her after she… could I even think this… after she kills my child? I don't know.

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. - Jim Rohn

You can do anything, but not everything. - David Allen

I have a rule that has served me well in life. When in doubt, do nothing. If you're not sure, don't buy it, don't comment, don't commit. Sit tight. Deviation from this maxim has usually caused me regret.

So what's the plan?" Ben asked. "Go inside. Look around. Improvise." "Brilliant." Hi stroked his chin. "Quick question: Is having no plan the same as having a terrible plan, or are those different categories?