Quotes About Decision-making

The life of every human being on earth can depend on the experience, judgment, and vigilance of the person in the Oval Office.

Regardless of how you feel, don't let your emotions lead you to wrong decisions

The maxim had often helped him, at any rate, and even saved him from making some wrong decisions, because he had rarely made a mistake when he had followed his own judgment alone. He put a piece of paper in front of each of us and dictated: "Etiam si omnes—ego non! It's from the Gospel According to St. Matthew

If you think the dress is right for you, where are you going to wear it? Does it fit into the kind of life you lead? (If you live in the country, what are you doing with all those town suits and hostess pajamas?) Supposing the dress is all right. If so, what shoes do you wear with it? What hat, gloves? Handbag, jewelry? […] So many women fall in love with a dress, bring it home, and find absolutely nothing that will go with it.

Closets should be completely emptied twice a year. […] Then inspect every item in your wardrobe. Things you're doubtful about are probably wrong. […] Give things away to someone they do compliment, or send them to charity or a thrift shop and resolve not to make the same mistake again. That old saw, 'When in doubt, don't,' is never so true as when it comes to clothes. Or getting married.

Her choices, all. Sentimental choices, things she remembered. I remembered them too.

It did not occur to me to call a doctor, because I knew none, and although it did occur to me to call the desk and ask that the air conditioner be turned off, I never called, because I did not know how much to tip whoever might come—was anyone ever so young?

Porter's definition of strategy is normative, not descriptive. That is, it distinguishes a good strategy from a bad one. His focus is on content, not process. His focus is on where you want to be, not on the decision-making process by which you got there—not how, or even whether, you do formal strategic planning, nor whether your strategy can be captured in fifty words or less.

If you saw through everything, it made it hard to figure out what to do with yourself.

There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that it's the right thing to do, the altruistic thing to do. It's far easier than telling ourselves the truth.

if i'm going to fuck up my life, does it really matter which way i do it?.

It's easy to say you will do what's right and shun what's wrong, but when you get close enough to any given situation, you realize that there is no black or white. There are gradations of gray.

I just work hard and do things as they come along. But it has been a challenge to learn that I have to say 'no' to things and to know how and what to prioritize.

You have to trust the people who work with you and hire, but also listen to as many smart people as you can.

Think! What will you get by doing what you are doing? If the answer is Nothing, then why do it?

Mom, I really think I should just stay home. I mean Ive got all this AP English summer reading.

Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.

Don't date just because your friends say you should...Maybe this is a season of self evaluation.

A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.

Perhaps everyone has their own variety of choices to make, so why do you even bother making theirs? Do something that's for your own advantage. Make your own choices. Rule your own world.

Science cannot stop while ethics catches up - and nobody should expect scientists to do all the thinking for the country

Never apologize for trusting your intuition. Your brain can play tricks, your heart can be blind, but your gut is always right.

Accept that it's going to happen and you'll feel far more comfortable about it. But in the mean time you must prepare yourself to swim against the tide. Be optimistic, you can take control and take the conscious decision to achieve positive results. Make your plans accordingly and you can be master of your own destiny.

It is always better to be wise rather than courageous.