Quotes about Decision-making

Absolutism, in both religious and political realism, is a splendid incentive to heroic action, but a dangerous guide in immediate and concrete situations.

When you come to a place where you have to left or right,' says Sister Ruth, 'go straight ahead.

When 'happiness' eludes us - as, eventually, it always will - we have the invitation to examine our programmed responses and to exercise our power to choose again.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time.

Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.

The day after a new business presentation, send the prospect a three-page letter summarizing the reasons why he should pick your agency. This will help him make the right decision.

I sit in the driver's seat concerning most of the structure of my every day, including growing in the Lord. I decide whether the things of the Lord are really that important to me…or not. I decide whether I will make the effort to grow…or not. I decide whether I will schedule in the time it takes to grow, to meet with God regularly, to stop, look, and listen to Him by reading my Bible…or not.

Doänt thou marry for munny, but goä wheer munny is!

Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.

I think that we have to be constantly asking ourselves, 'How do we calculate the risk?' And sometimes we don't calculate it correctly; we either overstate it or understate it.

Prudence does not mean failing to accept responsibilities and postponing decisions; it means being committed to making joint decisions after pondering responsibly the road to be taken.