Quotes about Decision-making

I do think there is a value in the services of judges for long periods of time.

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. But

One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong

On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, "Is it safe?" Expediency asks the question, "Is it politic?" And Vanity comes along and asks the question, "Is it popular?" But Conscience asks the question, "Is it right?" And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right.

On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, "Is it safe?" Expediency asks the question, "Is it politic?" And Vanity comes along and asks the question, "Is it popular?" But Conscience asks the question, "Is it right?

If you want my advice, Peter, you've made a mistake already. By asking me. By asking anyone. Never ask people. Not about your work. Don't you know what you want? How can you stand it, not to know?

Everyone has two choices. We're either full of love... or full of fear.

Rule #1 You're the Driver of Your Bus.

7. Resolved, Never to do any thing, which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.

Present choice cannot at present choose to be otherwise: for that would be at present to choose something diverse from what is at present chosen.

The legitimacy of coercive acts in a democracy arises from the process by which they are justified and by the degree to which we regard decisions as rational. If the justifications proceed properly, through recognized public institutions, and if they make sense to us, they are legitimate.

Even though the risks of death are higher driving than flying, many people would rather drive simply because they feel they have more control driving. The facts are that only a few hundred people die a year flying, and 44,000 are killed a year driving.