Quotes About Decision-making

But one thing I will impart to my children is "If you're scared of something, that isn't a sign that you have to do it. It probably means you shouldn't do it. Call Dad or Mom immediately.

Most people believe the apple merely represented Knowledge. But we know better. It was the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Nothing less than the curse of consciousness. Of moral responsibility. Of always, ever after, having to choose between what is right and what is wrong.

I asked myself if I would kill my parents to save his life, a question I had been posing since I was fifteen. The answer always used to be yes. But in time, all those boys had faded away, and my parents were still there. I was now less and less willing to kill them for anyone; in fact, I worried for their health. In this case, however, I had to say yes. Yes, I would.

V? e team? de consecin?ele grave ale actelor dumneavoastr? ?i atunci inventa?i o moral? sau o filosofie prin care v? pute?i dispensa de ele.

Learn to say no, with an eye to saying yes to something else.

On one of the most personal matters of our lives, our health care, President Obama would turn decision making over to government bureaucrats. He forced through Obama-care and I will repeal it.

[Neuroscientists] haven't found a 'buy' button inside the brain, we can't tell whether someone is lying or in love just by looking at their brain scans, and we can't turn sinners into saints with hormones.

Carl Parker observes, if you took all the fools out of the Lege, it wouldn't be

A boy can be two, three, four potential people, but a man is only one. He murders the others.

Failure to consider alternatives fully is the most common cause of flawed or incomplete analysis.

Why do people start wars when they know so many sad things are going to happen?

maximum of these minimum values; this value is called the maximin, and it is the very least that A can be sure of getting. In this game, if A plays "Favor X," "Favor Y," and "Dodge Issue," these minimum values would be 10, 45 and

Never answer a hypothetical question.

I sought advice and cooperation from those around me--but not permission.

Whoever has three things will never regret: 1) Refraining from haste 2) Consulting (with others) 3) And depending upon God when making decisions

These men breathe hard but the committee has a voice of steel.

The more you think with your brain, not your heart. The more you fear your life.

Loneliness is the price that every leader must pay in the end.

Our feelings can still deceive us sometimes. They should always be followed with reason, just to make sure everything is according to plan.

Perhaps, even in love, freedom can still be considered sweeter than peace. That is to say that, you are capable of scheduling and re-scheduling your plans without waiting for the approval of any third-party.

Risk taking has to start in a relationship. It's much worse in the business world.

Ruling through the aid of the heart, feelings or emotions, rather than through the mind that always seeks for division when it's in the overthinking mode.

The judge can no longer accuse, but only says what he thinks is good for the individual, after considering all the alternatives.

The wise person must always consider and reconsider all the alternatives before jumping to the final conclusion. Furthermore, the objective views are the results of our philosophical ideologies (philideos) and the definition of our terms.