Quotes about Decisions
Our life is the sum total of all the decisions we make every day, and those decisions are determined by our priorities.
— Myles Munroe
If you decide to just go with the flow, you'll end up where the flow goes, which is usually downhill, often leading to a big pile of sludge and a life of unhappiness. You'll end up doing what everyone else is doing.
— Sean Covey
As you get up in the morning, as you make decisions, as you spend money, make friends, make commitments, you are creating a piece of art called your life.
— Mary Catherine Bateson
Our history has always been the sum total of the choices made and the actions taken by each individual man and woman. It has always been up to us.
— Barack Obama
Still, for both policy and political reasons, I felt that progressives couldn't afford to ignore economics. Those of us who believed in the government's ability to solve big problems had an obligation to pay attention to the real-world impact of our decisions and not just trust in the goodness of our intentions.
— Barack Obama
Nobody truly decided for themselves. There was too much information. What they actually did was scope around, decide who was looking out for their clan, and sign on for the memos on a wide array of topics.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.
— Stephen Covey
Consequences are governed by principles, and behavior is governed by values, therefore, value principles!
— Stephen Covey
Some day, in the years to come, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now… Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except by a steady, long continued process.
— Stephen Covey
Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.
— Stephen Covey
Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We can subordinate feelings to values. We have the initiative and the responsibility to make things happen.
— Stephen Covey
Quality begins with me. And I need to make my own decisions based on carefully selected principles and values.
— Stephen Covey