119 quotes found
“A society that decides its controversial issues by ballots does better than one that uses bullets which, after all, is no more likely to lead to the right conclusion than voting.”
“Have you ever truly, keenly felt like you don't know who you are? Do you ever do something and think, Who is at the controls? Like some mad pilot has locked you out of the cockpit? I definitely do....”
“Integrity is the ability of being honest and having strong moral principles and values, which reflect in our character.Decide to work in integrity and uprightness of hearts that is the price to be ...”
“Mad and sad is a good mix for poor decisions.”
“Now she knew where to find me, if it was written that we would meet again, we would. The important thing is to allow fate to intervene in our lives and to decide what is best for everyone.”
“It's up to you, not fate.”
“Be decisive and handle objections as they come, don't relay on others much and don't look to others to determine if you're acting right or wrong. Do what feels right for you.”
“Laws and a settled decision procedure to generate them are a good thing. This gives us one important reason for obeying the law. By obeying the law, I can contribute to the respect in which the est...”
“Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter-evolutionary choices.”
“A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the information until that point”
“Accepting trial and error means accepting error. It means taking problems in our stride when a decision doesn't work out, whether through luck or misjudgment. And that is not something human brains...”
“As the pace of the campaign quickened, politics began to clash with Kennedy's innate sense of responsibility. Arthur Schlesinger”
“The difficulty was not that of following a moral principle at personal cost; the difficulty was that of knowing what to do when there is more than one principal, and when the principles clash.”
“Realtechnik is skeptical about linear progress. It encourages humility, a state of mind in which we are most open to facing problems and reconsidering decisions. It helps us acknowledge costs and r...”
“Urgency and despair don't get along well.”
“It's fine to decide not to decide about something. You just need a decide-not-to-decide system to get it off your mind”
“Im not leaving the plane that way, I said to myself. Thats when I discovered the power of choicea third place that is neither have to or want to. That discovery freed me to move forward to make two...”
“On an important decision one rarely has 100% of the information needed for a good decision no matter how much one spends or how long one waits. And, if one waits too long, he has a different proble...”
“Who can really say how decisions are made, how emotions change, how ideas arise? We talk about inspiration; about a bolt of lightnng from a clear sky, but perhaps everything is just as simple and j...”
“Once I make a decision, I stick to it.”
