Decisions Quotes

“Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the Ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying our future happiness as we blindly rush in where angels fear to tread. In these out-of-control moments, we bulldoze through the best possible outcomes for our lives, only to return to the scene of the crime later to cry over spilt milk.”
― Anthon St. Maarten, Divine Living: The Essential Guide To Your True Destiny

“Choice was dangerous: you had to forgo all other possibilities when you chose.”
― J.K. Rowling, The Casual Vacancy

“For what do you hunger, Lord?” Moneo ventured.
“For a humankind which can make truly long-term decisions. Do you know the key to that ability, Moneo?”
“You have said it many times, Lord. It is the ability to change your mind.”
― Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune

“Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn”
― Bertrand Russell

“My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“The ignoramus crow of "love it or leave it" omits other viable options, such as staying and changing it.”
― Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason

“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.”
― Jim Butcher, Cold Days

“It was too late - everything was too late. For years now he had dreamed the world away, basing his decisions upon emotions unstable as water.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

“I realize that the decision might be simple. It will require a great act of selflessness to choose Abnegation, or a great act of courage to choose Dauntless, and maybe just choosing one over the other will prove that I belong.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“Some decisions in life naturally lead to an unhappy ending, leaving you sinking by degrees in a lake of quicksand.  And, unless someone reaches to pull you out, chances are you will drown in the consequences.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

“Not making a decision is the worst thing you can do. So long as you feel you made the right decision based on the information you had at that time, there's no need to fret about it. If it fails, you'll know what to do next time.”
― Bo Schembechler, Bo's Lasting Lessons: The Legendary Coach Teaches the Timeless Fundamentals of Leadership

“You will find that people will always have opinions about your decisions. Don’t take it personally, it’s simply because they're not courageous enough to take action in their own lives. Be a leader in your life and pay no mind to those who lack the courage to do the same in theirs.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“Every brush stroke on the canvas, every dab of color introduced, the fine textures impressed in the paint—this accumulation of many small acts combines to shape a final work of art.  And so it is with life; each step, each deed, each brief choice builds gradually, day by day, to shape both character and destiny.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

“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

“A lot of things should have been, Zigmund, but they aren’t. Are you going to be miserable about the things you cannot change, or do something about the things you can?”
― Melika Dannese Lux, Corcitura

“Many people fail in their career, business and relationship, and others get stuck because of their inability to make quality decisions.”
― Nkem Mpamah, The ART of Achievement and Fulfillment: Fundamental Principles to Overcome Obstacles and Turn Dreams into Reality!

“-Elves never make any major decision until they have thought the matter over for at least a year or two, gone round to all their friends and relatives and discussed the problem, done research, read tomes, consulted the sages.
-And what happens then?
- By then they've usually forgotten what it was they meant to do in the first place.”
― Margaret Weis

“When she looked in the glass and saw her hair grey her cheek sunk, at fifty, she thought, possibly she might have managed things better--her husband; money; his books. But for her own part she would never for a single second regret her decision, evade difficulties, or slur over duties”
― Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

“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, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“The reason I like the game chess is because each move has countless repercussions, but you're in charge of them. And it's your ability to see into the future and the effects of the decisions you've made that males you either a good or not a good chess player. It's not luck.”
― Bono, Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas

“Every decision has a consequence.”
― Damon Darrell, Loose: Every Decision Has a Consequence.

“...each person is required to ask, 'what is my authority?' - on what do you base your decisions? if it's yourself, then you are without excuse...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“Hindsight is always easier than the dreadful moment of decision.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Eena, The Return of a Queen

“Our decisions define our lives. We are the people we choose to be in the ways that most matter. Choose wisely. You will live with the choices you make.



The choices you make define your character. And your character defines how you feel about yourself. That image of you is projected in hundreds of ways to others.”
― Vicki Hinze

“You can't make the right decision, but you can always make the dicision right.”
― Thomas Murdock

“A game like sardines is scary, not so much for the hider but for the seekers. It's scary because you lose your companions and the whole world creeps up quiet and you slowly realize you're going to stumble upon a secret place where everyone will jump out at you. And then, when you are the very last seeker, you start to wonder if you're the only person in the world. If the hiding place somehow sucked up the players and the last one has to decide to run away or get sucked up, too.”
― Suzanne Palmieri, The Witch of Little Italy

“I wouldn't want to live that life. I choose the pain. I chose the pain.”
― Suzanne Palmieri, The Witch of Little Italy

“I prefer to suffer than repent because I stand by my decision and capable enough top pay for it Or reap the beauty later.”
― Ravindra Shukla

“Thirteen years of friendship had bonded us together more thoroughly than if we had been born of the same mother. Even at this late stage, I was unwilling to let him go.”
― Melika Dannese Lux, Corcitura

“Circumstances don't determine who you are, or what you will be. Only you do that. You either decide, or you don't. Even the decision not to decide was still yours.”
― Julie-Anne