Quotes about Decision

After the final no there comes a yes And on that yes the future world depends. —WALLACE STEVENS, "The Well Dressed Man with a Beard

If fight or flight is the choice, it's way easier to fly.

Poor thing, thought Garnett, to have to commit yourself so hard to one moment of poor judgment.

If his decision to keep us here in the Congo wasn't right, then what else might he be wrong about? It has opened up in my heart a sickening world of doubts and possibilities, where before I had only faith in my father and love for the Lord. Without that rock of certainty underfoot, the Congo is a fearsome place to have to sink or swim.

No, you shouldn't have come here. But you are here, so yes, you should be here. There are more words in the world then yes and no.

If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.

No matter how long we've walked life's pathway to mediocrity, we can always choose to switch paths. Always. It's never too late. We can find our voice.

I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday

We are product of neither nature nor nurture; we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus and response. As we wisely exercise our power to choose based on principles, the space will become larger.

Leadership can eventually become a choice not a position.

While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of those actions. Consequences are governed by natural law. They are out in the Circle of Concern. We can decide to step in front of a fast-moving train, but we cannot decide what will happen when the train hits us.

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power—the freedom to choose.