Decision Making Quotes

When considering a candidate for office, almost right up until they enter the polling booth and sometimes even in the booth itself, most voters rely more on what they see and hear themselves in real time than on facts, history, logic, or learned experience.

~ Quin Hillyer

You sold out! We elected you, and you sold out! The next time we have an election, I think everyone should vote for himself. Or we might just as well vote for Charlie Brown! Yes, next year we may even say, 'You're elected, Charlie Brown!

~ Charles M. Schulz

In modern time slowness is new sickness.

~ Amit Kalantri

At that moment, in the sunset on Watership Down, there was offered to General Woundwort the opportunity to show whether he was really the leader of vision and genius which he believed himself to be, or whether he was no more than a tyrant with the courage and cunning of a pirate. For one beat of his pulse the lame rabbit's idea shone clearly before him. He grasped it and realized what it meant. The next, he had pushed it away from him.

~ Richard Adams

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.

~ Peter F. Drucker

Effective decision-making can be seen as an optimal link between memory of the past, ground-realities of the present and insights of the future.

~ Amit Ray

Framing the right problem is equally or even more important than solving it.

~ Pearl Zhu

Cooler heads prevail while things spin completely out of control.

~ Clifford Cohen

The elegance under pressure is the result of fearlessness.

~ Ashish Patel

When efforts that are wisely executed, the situation and condition don't affect the performance.

~ Ashish Patel

In the 1960 campaign, Arthur Schlesinger wrote of Adlai Stevenson, who already lost twice as the party's presidential nominee, He has been away from power too long; he gives me an odd sense of unreality, a certain frivolity, distractedness, over-interest in words and phrases.

~ David Pietrusza

One thing we entirely forget when making decisions is the fact that the results concern and throw back to the decision maker not the one it seeks to please.

~ Unarine Ramaru

There is no law against delaying action to weigh it in thought.

~ Unarine Ramaru

All progress begins with a decision. Effective leadership requires decisive action. Embrace the process of deciding, yet recognize when you have reached a choice point.

~ Angie Morgan

Each decision you make today has the potential to unlock and open doors of profitable benefits or close the doors to great opportunities. Think before you act and make your decisions wisely today.

~ Dewayne Owens

The best people are always the worst. They drive everyone mad by being so good at second-guessing everything bad.

~ Criss Jami

If you're being bombarded with information, the act of looking for patterns – not necessarily finding them – is what going to give you psychic refuge, a sense of sanctuary.

~ Douglas Copeland

But I can tell you this: that I am deeply proud of Rebecca. That she made a split-second decision to save the life of her son, turning the wheel of her vehicle so that her side of it would be impacted by an oncoming car instead of his. She gave her life in the exercise of the greatest gift that God grants us—the ability to change the trajectory of history.

~ Dexter Palmer

How will history judge us? Will our tales be sources of inspiration, or wells of caution?

~ Yunus D. Saleh

You didn't make me responsible. You don't have that power. This—he held up his hands, and light glowed from his palms—this made me responsible. Having power made me responsible. I had the power and you had the brains. So we were chosen. That's the way it works, isn't it? People who can have to help those who can't. The strong defend the weak from the strong. I don't think you invented that, Astrid; all you did was make me see it. Well, I see it. There it is. The FAYZ gave me this light, and the FAYZ made it necessary. And now the light isn't helping, is it? Now that monster is going to walk into town and kill people I care about and people I love.

~ Michael Grant

You didn't make me responsible. You don't have that power. This—he held up his hands, and light glowed from his palms—this made me responsible. Having power made me responsible. I had the power and you had the brains. So we were chosen. That's the way it works, isn't it? People who can have to help those who can't. The strong defend the weak from the strong. I don't think you invented that, Astrid; all you did was make me see it. Well, I see it. There it is. The FAYZ gave me this light, and the FAYZ made it necessary. And now the light isn't helping, is it? Now that monster is going to walk into town and kill people I care about and people I love. (Chapter Twenty-Six | 2 Hours, 56 Minutes)

~ Michael Grant

Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take can sometimes be the most painful...

~ José N. Harris

Split-second decision-making sets winners apart from losers.

~ Stephen Richards

One of the scariest things in the world, is that other people can make life-changing decisions for you.

~ Karishma Magvani

When we analyze how we make decisions, we witness the interplay of the heart and mind. We observe that the heart protests loudly when we choose something not so good for us, whereas when we make the right decision the same heart remains silent and at peace. That’s how the heart speaks; there are no loud signals when we do the right thing.

~ Daaji

In leadership, life and all things it’s far wiser to judge people by their deeds than their speech - their track record rather than their talk” – Rasheed Ogunlaru

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

When the drum beat comes to an end, you shall not hear the drum beat again, but you shall remember how it sounded, and you shall understand clearly how you should or should not have danced to the drum beat

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

If one Godfather offers you an opportunity and another Godfather offers you an advantage, go with the former.

~ Amit Kalantri

Never let others define you.

~ Auliq Ice

Let the haters’ hate push you to go further instead of tear you down, your accomplishments will be your best revenge.

~ Auliq Ice

You are worth more than what people say or think of you.

~ Auliq Ice

Success is not about impressing and pleasing everyone, but setting your own goals, and achieving them in your own time.

~ Auliq Ice

There are no perfect decisions, only excellent applications.

~ Todd Stocker

Every single decision of your life is predicated on the healthy functioning of the prefrontal cortex. Even a slight malfunction in a tiny chunk of neuron anywhere in the PFC would lead to the mental deficit in your logical decision-making.

~ Abhijit Naskar

At the end of the day, it’s your life. If you turn out good, the world celebrates you and with you (not minding how you achieved it). If bad, they abandon you (even if they gave you the advice that led you to doom). Just be you and follow your heart.

~ Omoakhuana Anthonia

Think, ask, pray and the right decision will find your way.

~ Farid F. Ibrahim

Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given the force of the group's normative power to shape the opinions of the followers who conform without thinking things through, they are often taken at face value. The persistent minority forces the others to process the relevant information more mindfully. Research shows that the deciscions of a group as a whole are more thoughtful and creative when there is minority dissent than when it is absent.

~ Philip G. Zimbardo

The main reason why God gave us imaginations is to allow us to have a specific power that can help us make realistic decisions.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS, IF YOU WANT TO DO THINGS YOUR OWN WAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION - YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND A LITTLE COURAGE.

~ John Irving

Definiteness of decision always requires courage, sometimes very great courage. The fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence staked their lives on the decision to affix their signatures to that document.

~ Napoleon Hill