Quotes about Decision

Whims so often end in bankruptcy.

The open view of the future is the most plausible view because it squares with our everyday life. Whatever philosophy we might embrace, we all live as though the open view were true. With every decision we make we assume that much of our immediate future is settled (e.g., we take for granted the ongoing reality of our world and the laws of physics) but that some of it is up to us to decide. The open view simply says that this common-sense assumption is accurate.

So it is, I believe, in every area of our lives. The more we choose something, the harder it is to choose otherwise, until we finally are solidified—eternalized—in our decision. The momentum of our character becomes unstoppable.

And I, I took the road less traveled by. I was using a GPS system.

Our destiny hides among our free choices, disguised as the free-est of all.

Choice, not circumstances, determines your success.

Thank goodness, we can choose our friends. We have to take our relatives as they are, and be thankful…

nothing to hinder me. But that brief dream is over. I am resigned to my fate now, so I don't think I'll go out for fear I'll get unresigned again.

We should seek the greatest value of our action.

I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.

So true it is that man proposes and God disposes.

An urgent wish is no guarantor of a sound solution.