Quotes About Decision-making

SAVE. If you want to test a young man and ascertain whether nature made him for a king or a subject, give him a thousand dollars and see what he will do with it. If he is born to conquer and command, he will put it quietly away till he is ready to use it as opportunity offers. If he is born to serve, he will immediately begin to spend it in gratifying his ruling propensity. —Parton.

He who follows two hares is sure to catch

The only process you've mastered is the process of elimination, and the only reason you've mastered that is because you can do it in the toilet.

Just one more example of why a commander who ruled by fear and made all the decisions himself would always be beaten, sooner or later.

No matter how well you know what a person has done and what he thought he was doing when he did it and what he now thinks of what he did, it is impossible to be certain of what he will do next.

I spend all my time thinking things through. It's acting on my thoughts that gets tricky. Which ones should I act on, and which ones should I ignore?

We're going to make him the best military commander in history. And then put the fate of the world on his shoulders.

How did I become the one to make this decision for everyone?

I find out what I really want by seeing what I do," said Ender. "That's what we all do, if we're honest about it. We have our feelings, we make our decisions, but in the end we look back on our lives and see how sometimes we ignored our feelings, while most of our decisions were actually rationalizations because we had already decided in our secret hearts before we ever recognized it consciously.

I find out what I really want by seeing what I do," said Ender. "That's what we all do, if we're honest about it. We have our feelings, we make our decisions, but in the end we look back on our lives and see how sometimes we ignored our feelings, while most of our decisions were actually rationalizations because we had already decided in our secret hearts before we ever recognized it consciously.

So plans of attack, what good are they then? We try, we do what we can, but what really counts is what you do when command breaks down.

It's a stupid leader who can't turn follower when somebody offers him a wiser course

Still, just because humans did it, too, did not make it sensible.

I divide officers into four classes: the clever, the lazy, the stupid, and the industrious. The man who is clever and lazy is fit for the very highest commands, he has the temperament and the requisite nerves to deal with all situations. Those who are clever and industrious are fitted for the high staff appointments. Use can be made of those who are stupid and lazy, but whoever is stupid and industrious must be removed immediately.

I find out what I really want by seeing what I do," said Ender. "That's what we all do, if we're honest about it. We have our feelings, we make our decisions, but in the end we look back on our lives and see how sometimes we ignored our feelings, while most of our decisions were actually rationalizations because we had already decided

I believe you mean it now, but in the moment, when you're deciding what to tell me and what not to tell, I think you'll hold back the things I most want to know, if you're afraid that knowing will cause me harm.

We're businessmen, Chubs. The moral high ground is wherever we set it.

I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.

The man who chases two rabbits, catches neither.

My daddy always told me to just do the best you knew how and tell the truth. He said there was nothin to set a man's mind at ease like wakin up in the morning and not havin to decide who you were. And if you done somethin wrong just stand up and say you done it and say you're sorry and get on with it. Don't haul stuff around with you.

In my experience people who say no matter what seldom know what what might turn out to be. They dont know how bad what might get. I'll see you.

In my experience people who say no matter what seldom know what what might turn out to be. They dont know how bad what might get.

So what is the way of raising a child? At a young age, said the judge, they should be put in a pit with wild dogs. They should be set to puzzle out from their proper clues the one of three doors that does not harbor wild lions. They should be made to run naked in the desert until Ã¢â'¬Â¦