Decision Making Quotes - Page 3

The common theme of common sense is that it’s commonly rejected as uncommonly demanding.

The main reason why God gave us imaginations is to allow us to have a specific power that can help us make realistic decisions.

As the pace of the campaign quickened, politics began to clash with Kennedy's innate sense of responsibility. – Arthur Schlesinger

Quick decisions made in anger, usually end in regret.

When the drum beat comes to an end, you shall not hear the drum beat again, but you shall remember how it sounded, and you shall understand clearly how you should or should not have danced to the drum beat

Nor let us be resentful when others differ from us. For all men have hearts, and each heart has its own leanings. Their right is our wrong, and our right is their wrong.

If we could eliminate the concept of town and return to live in small villages, all world problems were solved.

Choose your counsel, company and companions wisely: beware seeking wise words of advice from a fool or expecting informed opinions or decisions from the ignorant.

Do the things you like to be happier, stronger & more successful. Only so is hard work replaced by dedication.

Crucial decisions are made, today as thousands of years ago, in terms of the intuitive guesses and preferences of a few men in positions of authority...[it is] quite likely that the fate of entire societies may be sealed by a series of avoidable mistakes committed by their leaders.

By the time your perfect information has been gathered, the world has moved on.

By not making your own choices, you give up power to change your life.

He taught me how small, day-by-day decisions add up to the great consequences and that every thoughtful and educated decision I made about my life would eventually lead me to a clear and more satisfying understanding of my calling.

At the end of the day, it’s your life. If you turn out good, the world celebrates you and with you (not minding how you achieved it). If bad, they abandon you (even if they gave you the advice that led you to doom). Just be you and follow your heart.

A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the information until that point

The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man.

To be careless in making decisions is to naively believe that a single decision impacts nothing more than that single decision, for a single decision can spawn a thousand others that were entirely unnecessary or it can bring peace to a thousand places we never knew existed.

The mindset you have, determines the next step you take.

A Warrior of Light does not postpone making decisions.

In modern time slowness is new sickness.

Thinking can be done best when you’re in that state of mind where nothing can slip under the radar and destroy your concentration.

No one cultivates in a stony-ground, instead he cultivates in a soft-rich ground. Do not expect people to invest in you if you're a lazy type.

Effective decision-making can be seen as an optimal link between memory of the past, ground-realities of the present and insights of the future.

Let your projects be independent organisms. They will develop their own beautiful architecture.

It's not doing what is right that's hard for a President. It's knowing what is right.

In your daily life, you make dozens of chooses between an alternative with higher overall value and a more tempting but ultimately inferior option.

Don’t jump on the bandwagon just because everyone’s doing so.

Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take can sometimes be the most painful...

In the matters of your life don't take orders, take decisions.

Because when you’re really scared to do something … do it right away.

you may be wrong to be right in the wrong direction, but, what is the wrong direction?

For the grateful, there is no room for disappointment; Each moment offers life.

Ambiguity is not, today, a lack of data, but a deluge of data.

In the business people with expertise, experience and evidence will make more profitable decisions than people with instinct, intuition and imagination.

We avoid risks in life only to die, and end up facing the greatest risk which is having lived life risking nothing at all.

Oversimplifying is the first grave mistake we make when confronted by complexity; overconfidence is the second. And there is a third: based on our overconfidence in our oversimplified conclusions, we overreact.

When efforts that are wisely executed, the situation and condition don't affect the performance.

But I can tell you this: that I am deeply proud of Rebecca. That she made a split-second decision to save the life of her son, turning the wheel of her vehicle so that her side of it would be impacted by an oncoming car instead of his. She gave her life in the exercise of the greatest gift that God grants us—the ability to change the trajectory of history.

You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.

Success is not about impressing and pleasing everyone, but setting your own goals, and achieving them in your own time.

It's up to you, not fate.

Integrity is the ability of being honest and having strong moral principles and values, which reflect in our character.Decide to work in integrity and uprightness of hearts that is the price to be paid for you to realise your vision.

When you come to a place where you have to left or right,' says Sister Ruth, 'go straight ahead.

If you let fear dictate your decisions, you will live defensively, reactively, cautiously. Living by faith is playing offense with your life.

My wisdom absent of God’s wisdom is nothing more than a best-guess.

All you have to do is decide moment by moment which voice you listen to: the Truth of Love or the nightmare of fear.

A problem well-defined is a problem half solved.

If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions in the moment.

An assembly is extra slow in taking actions.

If one Godfather offers you an opportunity and another Godfather offers you an advantage, go with the former.

People will always tell you what they think you should or should not do. But your life is only between you and God. If you have doubts whether what you’re doing is right or wrong, before you make any decision, look up and ask God. You will always know the answer.

You need to be so careful when there is one simple diagnosis that instantly pops into your mind that beautifully explains everything all at once. That's when you need to stop and check your thinking...Beware of the delirious guy in the emergency unit with the long history of alcoholism, because you will say, 'He's just drunk,' and you'll miss the subdural hematoma.

Let the haters’ hate push you to go further instead of tear you down, your accomplishments will be your best revenge.

You will hardly find wrong people at right places. Choose to be at the right places and you will find the right people who will inspire you to make it happen!

Both the art of intuition and the science of analytics have the role to play in making wise decisions.

Leaders need to correct for cognitive biases the way a sharpshooter corrects for wind velocity or a yachtsman corrects for the tide.

Divorce = Rebirth: forget the past, replan your life, improve your appearance & REJUVENATE!

My fear is that of all the choices people face today, the one they rarely consider is, "How can I serve most effectively and fruitfully in the local church?" I wonder if the abundance of opportunities to explore today is doing less to help make well-rounded disciples of Christ and more to help Christians avoid long term responsibility and have less long-term impact.

Not only can you decide to be great, you also have the power to determine the height of your greatness.

You wish you could’ve learned to play piano. You wish you could’ve started drawing when you were young. You wish you could’ve figured out who you wanted to be before you graduated college. You wish you could’ve learned to love yourself sooner. Well you know what? You didn’t. And that’s just something you’re going to have to learn to deal with. But just because you didn’t do it sooner, doesn’t mean you can’t start now.