1,535 Quotes About Decisions

I must never equate the degree of pain as evidencing the incorrectness of a decision, for if I do I will default on some of the most critical decisions I should have ever made.

The critical nature of 'choices' -- [the] timing will prove to be an asset or liability; it will reward wisdom or expose stupidity. Either way, we learn from the path of suffering or satisfaction… by choice or by design.

Nearly everyday life leans over and says, ‘Come on down!’ But standing at the bottom looking up, it’s finally dawned on me that it’s not these invitations that have dug this hole. Rather, it’s the fact that I accepted them.

لطالما كرهت الرضوخ والجبرية وتبجحت بأنني سأصنع حياتي بنفسي، لكن الحياة التي تحديتها قالت كلمتها، وصرخت بوجهي، "أنت مخطئ، أنا هنا وحدي من يقرر".

The opportunity to do what is right is available at all times.

I tried to get out of it. I tried to be different from any other human being waiting on a decision he had no say in.

If I ever have to cast an acting role, I want the wrong person for the part. I can never visualize the right person in a part. The right person for the right part would be too much. Besides, no person is every completely right for any part, because part in a role is never real, so if you can't get someone who's perfectly right, it's more satisfying to get someone who's perfectly wrong. Then you know you've really got something.

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

We got where we are because our choices mapped the route and paved the road.