Decisions Quotes - Page 12

Don't ascribe to evil what can be attributed to well-intentioned stupidity.

That's the thing about freewill: Every decision we make is a choice against something as much as it is for something else.

A number of small decisions, each appearing insignificant in the moment and made in isolation of one another, can result in a negative outcome.

Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter-evolutionary choices.

Happiness gives you the freedom to enhance your ability to achieve success. Your choices in life are a direct reflection of your level of happiness. It's the sunshine for your soul that you need in order to grow

Wisdom is the ability to make wise decisions and pursue them. The bible said "wisdom is the principal thing". This means it's the number one thing ever that you cannot bypass and expect to succeed!

Love that is founded on decision is stable and strong and it will endure any trial

Look for your choices pick the best one then go with it.

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

God invites. We decline. And because of that single foolhardy decision we spend the rest of our lives ‘declining’.

No one knows what he can to do until he tries.

Determining to read through your Bible is a decision only you can make.

...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.

It's hard to do that, to decide to believe one thing over another.

It has always been simple, but making it hard was always your way of avoiding pain. If you want to change your life, you have to change what you are doing. It wasn't his fault, her fault, their fault or the circumstances. It was your inability to choose. So, life chose for you. Somewhere in that crazy mind of yours time stopped. You thought someone would rescue you, but they didn't. You have to rescue yourself. This is not a fire you can put out; you have to walk through it, in order to reach life. Getting burned is apart of growth, didn't you know?

Groups are only smart when there is a balance between the information that everyone in the group shares and the information that each of the members of the group holds privately. It's the combination of all those pieces of independent information, some of them right, some of the wrong, that keeps the group wise.

Living a life somewhere else in your mind is nothing more than being a prisoner where you are.

The only good thing about having your back to the wall is that it makes it really easy to choose which way you're going to go.

One of the scariest things in the world, is that other people can make life-changing decisions for you.

There’s always another option.There’s always another one.It’s never only 'this' or 'that,'The moon or else the sun.Don’t sigh and choose the greaterOr lesser of two plights.But look to see the stars beyondFor options vast and bright.

The hardest thing about the road not taken is that you never know where it might have led.

Finally I reached into my pocket and flipped a quarter. Heads was Phlox, tails was Arthur. It came up heads. I called Arthur.

It is better to arm and strengthen your hero than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.

What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient.

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.

Unless they're utterly heartless, people put a certain value on human life. It keeps us from killing each other off for no reason. But for leaders like you and me, a moral high ground is too absolute. There are choices to be made.

Wisdom makes decisions today that will still be good tomorrow.

Don't decide yet," Hephaestus advised. "Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.

No delays in expressing decisions. Whether its a Yes or No... Right or Wrong... Just tell that for heaven sake.

I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side.

When you streamline your schedule by making deliberate decisions about tasks and activities that are crucially important you and identify your most important priorities, you give yourself permission to make choices that excite and interest you. You also grant yourself permission to exercise your right to say, “No, thank you.

Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life.

Life’s journey does not take place down an easy roadway, as some might imagine. It takes place inside a giant house with a million doorways. Every day of our lives we are faced with decisions to make, doorways to walk through. It can be confusing at times, like walking through a carnival maze. Some decisions we make are big, some small, but they all have consequences..

Streams of consequence flow from every action, and from every conflict there are two paths by which events may go.

In life, most decisions are a case of let go to get.

Self-reflection enables every person to alter the trajectory of their personal storyline by reviewing a series of episodic occurrences and making value judgments regarding the past. How we perceive our history colors the present, our deeds of today script the future outcome of individual persons, and the outcome of many people making conscious decisions using their cognitive processes including the ability to remember and share memories influences the direction of human development and the progress of society.

Brianna’s looking for Drake,” Edilio said, thinking out loud.“You sent her out against Drake?” Albert demanded.“Sent her? Who sends Brianna out to get into a fight? She goes on her own. Anyway, it’s not like you’ve left us with anyone else.”Albert had the decency not to say anything to that.“You know, you guys put me in charge. I didn’t ask to be in charge. I didn’t want to be in charge. Sam was in charge and all you guys ever did was give him grief,” Edilio said. “You two, especially.” He pointed at Albert and Astrid. “So, okay, Astrid takes over. And then Astrid finds out it’s not so much fun being in charge. So it’s like, okay, let’s get the dumb wetback to do the job.”“No one ever—,” Astrid protested.“And me, like a fool, I’m thinking, okay, that must mean people trust me. They asked me to be in charge, be the mayor. Come to find out, I’m not making decisions; Albert’s making decisions. Albert’s deciding we need to find more water and sending our two best fighters off into the countryside. Now I’m supposed to fix everything? It’s like you go, ‘Fight a war,’ but you sent my army off on a wild goose chase.

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.

The decisions we take reflects our belief and our charachter

We should all live as though someone is writing a book about us.

When one bases his life on principle 99 percent of his decisions are already made.

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

There is a period of one to two earth years that humans are to refrain from making big decisions. It’s because you don’t always make the best decisions when you are grieving. Those who make decisions in haste often live to regret them. You must move through the time of suffering, strengthening your faith and being willing to grow through the grief in order to be able to see things differently. As you grow, your blind faith will continue to open your eyes. You will see everything in a whole new light when you come out the other side of grief. Then you will be able to make very good decisions for yourself, better than ever, because of what you learned.

You need to re-assess your responsibility before making any necessary conclusion.

The 'right' may be wrong and the 'wrong' may be right in life!

Little decisions over time make a big impact on our lives.

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

Every decision ever, to this moment here.

Optimism is an intellectual choice.

The best to know is to face it, take a next step toward it.

This is the time to rise up and design(customize) your life.

The decision is mine, and I choose happiness

Only when you decide to truly live can you be free of your fears, and only when you are free of your fears can you truly live.

A decision clouded with doubt is never a good decision

The decision about what to do next was as difficult to grasp as the water swirling around my feet.

They say faith is taking the first step when you can’t see the whole staircase. Actually, wisdom is seeing the elevator behind it that would have taken you to the top floor.

She knew in her heart that to be without optimism that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather than the brain was a fatal flaw the seed of death.

With the need for the self in the time of another / I left my seaport grim and dear / knowing good work could be made / in the state governed by both Hope and Despair.

I am sorry my decisions do not meet with your approval, but nevertheless, they are mine, and the consequences are also mine.

Until YOU get enough of what you’re going through, no matter what advice a person gives you, you’ll continue to go through the same thing. When you get the courage to stop making excuses for them, and stop excusing their behavior, then you’ll be able to break free from that unhealthy situation. You’ve got to be willing to face YOUR truth in order to move on and be at peace. You matter!