100 Quotes About Decision

Do nothing, and nothing happens. Life is about decisions. You either make them or they're made for you, but you can't avoid them. Mhairi McFarlane

Not only are there meaningless questions, but many of the problems with which the human intellect has tortured itself turn out to be only 'pseudo problems, ' because they can be formulated only in terms of questions which are meaningless. Many of the traditional problems of philosophy, of religion, or of ethics, are of this character. Consider, for example, the problem of the freedom of the will. You maintain that you are free to take either the right- or the left-hand fork in the road. I defy you to set up a single objective criterion by which you can prove after you have made the turn that you might have made the other. The problem has no meaning in the sphere of objective activity; it only relates to my personal subjective feelings while making the decision. Percy Williams Bridgman

This is how life works. Deciding whom to love is not an alien form of decision-making, a romantic interlude in the midst of normal life. Instead, decisions about whom to love are more intense versions of the sorts of decisions we make throughout the course of our existence, from what kind of gelato to order to what career to pursue. Living is an inherently emotional business. David Brooks

You didn’t just automatically become a Christian, did you? You weren’t made a Christian by just going to church. Just like you are not made a car by sitting in a garage all day! You have to make a decision. Corallie Buchanan

If you can survive and won the battle over other millions of semen deposited alongside with you in your mothers womb, tell me why you cannot win the battle over challenges, difficulties and poverty? Friend, I know you will succeed because; you'd once done it in the womb. Godspower Oparaugo

Imagine that you are dying. If you had a terminal disease would you ­finish this book? Why not? The thing that annoys this 10-weeks-to-live self is the thing that is wrong with the book. So change it. Stop arguing with yourself. Change it. See? Easy. And no one had to die. Anne Enright

Do you want to be with Dave for the rest of your life?” Then he rips off a piece of paper and picks upthe smallest charcoal stick from my set. He writes something. He passes it over to me. It says: Time will tell.“ And while you’re waiting, ” he says, “don’t settle for anything less than what you really want. Susane Colasanti

How about this, ' I said. 'We modify our plans with regard to ongoing facts as they become known to us, then remodify them as the situation unfolds. 'You mean make it all up as we go along?' asked Perkins.'Right. Jasper Fforde

...we confidently say that it's not worth trying to reach any conclusions merely because we decide to stop halfway along the path that would lead us straight to them. Unknown

He himself, he realized, had always been most abominably frightened, even at the height of his divine power, a frail god upon a rickety throne, afraid of opening letters, of making decisions, afraid of the instinctive knowledge in the eyes of mules, of the innocent eyes of good men, of the elastic nature of the passions, even of the devotion he had received from some men, and one woman, and dogs. Patrick White

It’s not like you have anything to lose anymore.” My fingers stop at my thumb ring while Sienna’s words echo in my head. Do I have anything to lose? I mean, after all I did, everything I fought against. I slowly turn the ring on my thumb. This simple band has, like all of my rings, one word engraved on it. Will anything change if I go to him? After all, I did lose everything that is important. It’s funny, actually, after the months I spent pushing him away. I thought, like the silly girl I probably am, that if I didn’t give myself to him, I’d be safe, that as long as I didn’t sleep with him, I wouldn’t lose my heart. Shouldn’t I have this one last memory to take home with me? So lost… I came here lost and I’ll go home lost. How convenient, and so utterly pathetic I want to give myself one strong shake to snap out of this. Anna B. Doe

In fact, although I am not aware of it (and I am never aware of it, no matter how many times I have the dream) her suicide is a foregone conclusion. It is this way in dreams: when decisions are being made, they have already been made. Dexter Palmer

I blame Doctor Who. Mr Spock. The Scooby Gang: both the ones in the Mystery Machine and the ones with the stakes. I've spent my life with stories of people who don't walk away, who go back for their friends, who make that last stand. I've been brainwashed by Samwise Gamgee. Unknown

Then I’ll have more fun searching in vain then marrying one of the wrong sort. Erle Stanley Gardner

My decisions determine my destination long before I ever get there. And once I do get there, I suddenly realize this is not the destination I had in mind because what I had in mind was the fantasy that my denial had created verses the reality my choices crafted. Craig D. Lounsbrough

It was one of those decisions that shouldn't have been so easy to get so wrong. Go on your own or take the half wasted waif. She was wearing denim hotpants with a pink vest top, and was hanging off his arm, more for stability than closeness, so he propped her up against the wall next to the counter and reached inside his coat pocket for his badge. It was definitely his badge, he clearly remembered stealing it two years before whilst in California. . Dylan Perry

It is easier to be a mere performer and not to make serious decisions, to live with an assistance of someone else’s mind and obey someone else’s command when you are a person of victim mentality Sunday Adelaja

We must make tough decisions to see if it’s worth it in the end. Dominic Riccitello

Either you fulfill your mission or make money. Choose the former. Lailah Gifty Akita

We fall in love and let our minds fall apart.. We let ourselves fall, and keep falling.. Our minds are caught by one another, mixed up in a random puzzle, piece by piece put together into a different reality. M. Cochet M.

Sometimes a "mistake" can end up being the best decision you ever make. Mandy Hale

My spirit is willing to do what is right; and my flesh, I hope, is strong enough to accomplish the will of Heaven Unknown

If we can agree that the economic problem of society is mainly one of rapid adaptation to changes in the particular circumstances of time and place, it would seem to follow that the ultimate decisions must be left to the people who are familiar with these circumstances, who know directly of the relevant changes and of the resources immediately available to meet them. Friedrich A. Hayek

Sometimes, if you want to change a man's mind, you have to change the mind of the man next to him first. Megan Whalen Turner

The only thing worse than not getting there is not starting the journey because you are still thinking about how to start it. Just start. Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

The course of history is determined not by battles, by sieges, or usurpation, but by the individuals. The strongest army is, at its most basic level, a collection of individuals. Their decisions, their passions, their foolishness, and their dreams shape the years to come. If there is any lesson to be learned from history, it is that all too often the fate of armies, of cities, of entire realms rests upon the actions of one person's decision, good or bad, right or wrong, big or small, can unwittingly change the world. But history can be quite the slattern. One never knows who that person is, where he might be, or what decision he might male. It is almost enough to make me believe in destiny. . Jim Butcher

Understanding and accepting the decisions you have made, good or bad, will make you bolder. Reflection helps punctuate your past and indent your future. Farshad Asl

This is about your future. Nobody else can make the decision for you. Cathy Bramley

The decision was too important to make lightly without more prayer. Jody Hedlund

If my decision is wrong, at least I will have learned something new. There is always next time. Sylvan Clarke

When it came to life or death, or anything else important, the only one you could count on was yourself. Kenneth Eade

This is how sudden things happened that haunted forever. Daniel Woodrell

... life wasn't full of problems, it was rich with decisions. Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Every decision ever, to this moment here. Wynandd E Beer

He had made his decision. Later in life Ann would learn that when certain men made decisions no matter how much it might torture them afterwards they would stick with their decision. Men, she learned, would rather suffer than change their minds or their habits. They could develop elaborate systems for containing pain, sometimes so successful they would remain completely unaware of the vastness of the pain they possessed. . Susan Minot

Leaders fail when they begin to fall in love with negative mindsets of other people! Israelmore Ayivor

Deciding which relationships to pursue can be difficult. Especially if you’re trying to get hired by the Magic 8 Ball factory and that little triangle thing isn't floating right. Ryan Lilly

So much of personal development and growth comes down to the decisions you make when you hit a wall. Do you spend your time feeling bad for yourself, or do you invest your time in continuing to build toward your dreams? Andrea Goeglein

This is your life and you have the right and responsibility to make good decisions for yourself. Bryant McGill

You have to make the decision to let go of the past if you want to move forward. Bryant McGill

By keeping the truly important things front and center, we often get the perspective we need to make better decisions. Michael Hyatt

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work. H.L. Hunt

Deciding to commit yourself to long term results rather than short term fixes is as important as any decision you'll make in your lifetime. Anthony Robbins

And it is clear to Evan, now: the difference between what is and what has been done; the present and the past. He sees that what he does and who he is isn't based on the past unless he wants it to be.. No. That is the past, which has been seen differently through many different eyes and has become hazy and unclear, like a pond when stirred with a stick. Only the present moment is clear and free from prejudice. Garth Stein

Cut away the nonsense, the drama, the regret, the scars of the past, and make a decision to no longer let them govern your happiness and freedom. Steve Maraboli

Only the strong knew what suffering was. The weak never found themselves in the strong webs; the strong man was the one who found himself day and night bound and struggling, so that the work he did, the plotting and the owning and the buying, the decisions he made–and in a large family there had been many to make–were often hard-fibered. John Ehle

We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes—understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success. Arianna Huffington

Sometimes, the most graceful way to handle something is to be decidedly ungraceful. Kristi Ling

The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: 'grace. Max Lucado

Even if the decisions one made on a given day seemed crazy, it helped to think that all things happened for a mysterious reason. Lorna Jane Cook

... life is a series of tiny, unavoidable decisions. Steven Galloway

It is strange how intricately life hangs in the scales, and how unrelated events and single decisions alter the outcomes. Some remote land ten thousand miles from me, some land unfamiliar to me, held the key to my future. Sara Niles

There’s no such thing as fate. It’s just the word men give to decisions which have worked out badly. Unknown

You will learn to make better decisions in life with experience and time. Robert Tew

I find the rational part of my mind curled up in a corner of my head and convince it to talk to me. Tony Talbot

The most important decision we make is whether to be honestly fake or fake honesty. Mohammad Rafiq Teli

It’s so important for husbands and wives to be united when making parenting decisions. If either parent doesn’t feel good about something, then permission should not be granted. If either feels uncomfortable about a movie, a television show, a video game, a party, a dress, a swimsuit, or an Internet activity, have the courage to support each other and say no. Larry R. Lawrence

Think of instinct as an unscientific, unquantifiable tool that can be used along with more concrete evaluations to make a well-rounded decision. Charisse Montgomery

The sheer novelty and glamor of the Western diet, with its seventeen thousand new food products every year and the marketing power - thirty-two billion dollars a year - used to sell us those products, has overwhelmed the force of tradition and left us where we now find ourselves: relying on science and journalism and government and marketing to help us decide what to eat. Michael Pollan

The single most important decision any of us will ever make is whether or not to believe the universe is friendly. Albert Einstein

No single decision you ever made has led in a straight line to where you find yourself now. You peeked down some roads and took a few steps before turning back. You followed some roads that came to a dead end and others that got lost at too many intersections. Ultimately, all roads are connected to all other roads. Deepak Chopra

When you decide where you turn next in life, look beyond your thoughts, do not trust your emotions, and listen to your heart. Dragos Bratasanu

Emotions are powerful, but they also change as quick as the wind. That's why the Lord says to renew your mind. Don't base decisions on what you feel. Francine Rivers

Too many decisions are made based on satisfying ego. Tim Fargo

Fine is the line between vengeance and justice. Blur it and you become no better than him. Elizabeth Carlton

The truth was that I didn't know my own mind. Just as you might move into a house and in the scatterbrained days of unpacking leave a broom in some corner, where it remains until someone uses it and then returns it to that corner, now knowing that it was there by casual chance, until slowly that corner becomes its hallowed place, where you can always find the broom - just as all traditions begin as accidents, how the borders of countries are formed, how we marry, how we make friends and children - so, until Oxford, had I lived, within a sequence of non decisions, and yet with the same misdirected conviction of intentionality with which humans infuse their errors and felicities alike. Charles Finch

It's easy when you're climbing something. Don't look down, or even too far ahead. Focus on where you are in that moment. Sheba Karim

Hindsight is always easier than the dreadful moment of decision. Richelle E. Goodrich

Keep Patience And Get Perfection Savan Solanki

It is values that form our decisions. Sunday Adelaja

If we dare examine our decisions, we will see our values woven in and through every single one of them. Therefore, it would do us well to take an occasional peek to insure that our values remain at their peak. Craig D. Lounsbrough

What I’ve learnt is: buy the damn shoes. Kiss the boy. You can lose a life in indecision, and regret is a waste of an emotion. Kate Lord Brown

Who you allow into your life, mind and heart are among the most important decisions you will ever make. Bryant McGill

Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it. Auliq Ice

Each of us has a finite reservoir of energy in any given day. Whatever amount of energy we spend obsessing about missteps we have made, decisions that do not go our way or the belief we have been treated unfairly is energy no longer available to add value in the world. Tony Schwartz

Life turns on small choices. A last-minute decision to take a shortcut over a snowy pass. A shrugging dismissal of the odd-looking man in the long coat standing off to one side. A decision to postpone a physical exam till a less busy time. A word spoken with the best intentions. Looking back, after the lives are destroyed, the blood spilt, the families shattered, and even the courses of nations changed forever, the mistakes that started the doomsday clock ticking down often seem minor, even innocent-even virtuous. So easy to make. David Eller would give anything-no, everything-to go back and undo those mistakes. But life does not give us that chance. Like everyone else, he has no choice but to dangle from the hand of that clock, trying in vain to pull them backward as they tick inexorably toward zero. . William Carmichael

Don't overthink things. Sometimes you can convince your head not to listen to your heart. Those are the decisions you regret for the rest of your life." Faith Barnett From Texas Tangle Leah Braemel

You have to choose what you want to be. You have to choose your own path in life. Lailah Gifty Akita

For almost 18 years you’re taught to sit down, shut up, and raise your hand. Then you have to decide what you’re going to do for the rest of your life. Lavon Curtis

The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before. G.k. Chesterton

Decision-making is a skill. Wisdom is a leadership trait. Unknown

Maybe it would feel nice. Maybe it wouldn't feel like a betrayal. Besides, who was I betraying, anyway? Just myself. Stephenie Meyer

You must be careful never to allow doubt to paralyze you. always take the decisions you need to take, even if you're not sure you're doing the right thing. You'll never go wrong if, when you make a decision, you keep in mind an old German proverb: 'The devil is in the detail.' Remember that proverb and you'll always be able to turn a wrong decision into a right one. Paulo Coelho

Knowing when and how to change course is important to success. Self-doubt is a lighthouse that will keep you from running aground. Don't become shipwrecked on the rocks of time. Be willing to rethink your decisions and change course. Harley King