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“I believe that movements start when individuals who feel very isolated and very alone in the midst of an alien culture, come in touch with something life-giving in the midst of a death-dealing situation. They make one of the most basic decisions a human being can make, which I have come to call the decision to live "divided no more," the decision to no longer act differently on the outside than one knows one's truth to be on the inside”

Knows Giving Feels Believe Humans Culture Individual I Believe Human Beings Decision Situation Movement Aliens Midst Divided Isolated Giving In

Author:Parker J. Palmer

“Highly successful leaders ignore conventional wisdom and take chances. Their stories inevitably include a defining moment or key decision when they took a significant risk and thereby experienced a breakthrough.”

Moments Stories Chance Decision Leader Successful Risk Keys Significant Conventional Breakthrough Defining Take A Chance Conventional Wisdom Defining Moments Successful Leaders

Author:Larry Osborne

“The whole universe sat there, open to the man who could make the right decisions.”

Men Whole Universe Decision He Man Sat Right Decision Make The Right Decision

Book:DUNE

Source: DUNE

“Insecure leaders think everything is about them, and as a result, every action, every piece of information, every decision is put through their filter of self-centeredness.”

Thinking Self Action Decision Results Leader Pieces Information Insecure Filters Self Centeredness Centeredness

Book:The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization

Source: The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization

“Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose.”

Decision Responsibility

Author:John F. Kennedy

“What is politics, after all, but the compulsion to preside over property and make other peoples' decisions for them?”

Decision Property Compulsion Barricades

Book:Skinny Legs and All

Source: Skinny Legs and All

“When making public policy decisions about new technologies for the Government, I think one should ask oneself which technologies would best strengthen the hand of a police state. Then, do not allow the Government to deploy those technologies.”

Thinking Should States Hands Government Asks Decision Technology Policy Police Oneself New Technology Public Policy Police State

Author:Phil Zimmermann

“Individual and institutional investors alike frequently demonstrate an inability to make long-term investment decisions based on business fundamentals.”

Long Individual Term Decision Fundamentals Investment Long Term Investors Inability

Author:Seth Klarman

“When you know your reason for existence, it should effect the decisions you make.”

Knows Should Reason Decision Existence Effects Decisions You Make

Author:Patrick Lencioni

“Leaders are defined by the decisions they make ... Leaders rise and fall by the decisions they make.”

Fall Decision Leader Defined Rise And Fall

Author:Mario Daniel Vega

“I think there's a danger with any great art, that if you begin to test your ideas on other people, and get their opinions before making decisions, or if you pay too much attention to what other people say about what you create, that it really pollutes your expression. I think that I'm much more about pure art and honesty and expressing exactly what I feel, and not caring so much what anyone says. However, I do respect, and I do pay attention to everyone's comments. And I do take them into consideration. But I don't base my decisions by it”

“It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of Constitutional history... The establishment clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson's misleading metaphor for nearly forty years... There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of separation... The recent court decisions are in no way based on either the language or intent of the framers.”

“I suspect that over time we will rely increasingly, or take notice at least increasingly, on international and foreign courts in examining domestic issues. [Doing so] may not only enrich our own country's decisions, I think it may create that all important good impression.”

Thinking May Important Country Decision Issues Court International Impression Rely Suspects Examining

Author:Sandra Day O'Connor

“The judge's authority derives entirely from the fact that he is applying the law and not his personal values. That is why the American public accepts the decisions of its courts, accepts even decisions that nullify the laws a majority of the electorate or their representatives voted for.”

Facts Law Values Decision Accepting Judging Authority Majority Court Representatives Electorate Personal Values

Book:The Tempting of America

Source: The Tempting of America

“Why Do We Procrastinate? P - postponing life R - resisting change O - overly cautious C - contemplating course of action R - reasoning and justifying A - afraid of success S - summoning up some courage T - trouble moving forward I - inability to see the outcome N - not able to trust in your abilities to make decisions A - attempting to control the situation T - time to reflect on your motives E - erodes progress”

“When the Statist makes a wrong decision, its impact is far-reaching, for he uses the power of government to impose his decision on as many individuals and businesses as possible, which distorts the free market itself.”

Use Government Individual Decision Impact Reaching Free Market Wrong Decision

Author:Mark Levin

“Politicians and bureaucrats are substituting their uninformed, largely political decisions for those of the marketplace. Their past miscalculations demonstrate that they do not and cannot possess the information, knowledge, means, and discipline to manage the economy.”

Mean Past Political Decision Economy Information Discipline Politician Manage Marketplace Bureaucrats Uninformed Miscalculations Political Decisions Information Knowledge

Book:Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto

Source: Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto

“The story of the Western world since 1945 is that, invited to choose between freedom and government 'security,' large numbers of people vote to dump freedom every time - the freedom to make your own decisions about health care, education, property rights, and a ton of other stuff.”

People World Stories Government Care Stuff Decision Numbers Rights Security Vote Property Western Health Care Invited Large Numbers Property Rights Dump Western World

Author:Mark Steyn

“The stagnation of the Japanese economy in the past 20 years is eloquent testimony to the fact that government usually gets it wrong. Sometimes it makes the wrong decision because it fails to anticipate the market (as Japan did when it downplayed laptop computers and stressed mainframes).”

Years Sometimes Facts Government Past Decision Economy Failing Computer Japan Testimony Stressed Anticipate Eloquent Stagnation Laptops Wrong Decision Laptop Computers Mainframe

Author:Dick Morris

“In the wake of the housing debacle in California, more people are buying less expensive homes, making bigger down payments, and staying away from 'creative' and risky financing. It is amazing how fast people learn when they are not insulated from the consequences of their decisions.”

People Home Decision Creative Consequence Bigger California Expensive Buying Staying Housing Payment Financing Debacles

Book:Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)

Source: Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)

“If the fact that people make poor decisions is reason enough for the government to second-guess their decisions about dangerous activities such as smoking cigarettes and riding motorcycles, why on earth should the government let people make their own choices when it comes to such consequential matters as where to live, how much education to get, whom to marry, whether to have children, which job to take, or what religion to practice?”

“That is the really great thing about being an adult male, once you get married and have children the whole decision-making process is taken out of your hands, and I for one am extremely grateful.”

Children Whole Hands Process Decision Taken Married Adults Grateful Males Great Things Decision Making Really Great Decision Making Process

Author:P. J. O'Rourke

“When political and business leaders tell the public - any public - 'We don't trust you to make the right decision' - they prejudice that electorate against the very proposals they want it to accept and undermine public confidence in themselves.”

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Author:Preston Manning

“Has Obama ever grown even a potted plant, much less a business, a bank, a hospital or any of the numerous other institutions whose decisions he wants to control and override? But he can talk glibly about growing the economy. Arrogance is no substitute for experience. That is why the country is in the mess it is in now.”

Want Country Decision Economy Growing Institutions Plant Mess Arrogance Hospitals Substitutes

Author:Thomas Sowell

“The great allure of government programs in general for many people is that these programs allow decisions to be made without having to worry about the constraints of prices, which confront people at every turn in a free market.”

People Made Government Turns Decision Worry Program Free Market Constraints Allure Government Programs

Author:Thomas Sowell

“Taxing the rich to fund the poorly managed government programs is simply a self-destructive decision: It does nothing more than move money and investment decisions away from proven moneymakers (read: job producers) to Washington amateurs. In both cases, American's lose.”

Doe Self Government Jobs Moving Loses Decision Cases Rich Program Investment Producers Destructive Fund Proven Self Destructive Government Programs

Author:T. J. Rodgers

“I tend to agree with my husband, that to continue the conversation about something that is an important topic, particularly now, which is that of gun control, through his narrative, which is actually what's happened, I don't think it was a conscious decision of, "That's what we're going to do," but that's what seems to have happened, and that's not a bad thing.”

Thinking Important Seems Decision Happened Husband Conversation Conscious Gun Agree Narrative My Husband Bad Things Gun Control Topics

Author:Katey Sagal

“It appears easier to talk about protecting women than it is to fully include women at all decision-making levels in peace talks and post-conflict planning.”

Decision Levels Easier Conflict Planning Posts Decision Making Peace Talks

Author:Zainab Salbi

“Without women's full inclusion at the decision making table, we cannot have any healthy decision making that is good for men and women alike.”

Men Decision Healthy Men And Women Tables Decision Making Inclusion

Author:Zainab Salbi

“It is the diversity of views that stems from different experiences and different backgrounds that lead to healthy decision-making and not the unified experiences and unified views.”

Different Decision Views Healthy Diversity Backgrounds Decision Making Stem Unified Different Experiences Different Backgrounds

Author:Zainab Salbi

“Women still need higher political representation and to be included at decision making tables in all issues in order for solutions that relates from peace to food, to health, to basic stability in the world. We cannot continue to marginalize half of the population in the world in finding sustainable solutions that are good for all.”

World Needs Stills Political Order Decision Half Issues Higher Findings Solutions Tables Population Relate Decision Making Stability Representation

Author:Zainab Salbi

“Ang Lee just allowed me to make what we would call mistakes and had no judgment of them. He also empowered me. You know, he's like, "You're my actor. I chose you. Whatever you do is right." Right? "I made the decision, I'm complicit in choosing you. And I went through everything I could to choose you, so I feel good and whatever you're going to do I'm going to give you this space." And so it was very empowering.”

Knows Giving Feels Made Actors Space Decision Mistake Like You Judgment Feel Good Empowering Empowered I Feel Good

Author:Jake Gyllenhaal

“I don't know when I made that active decision to be a writer or to try to write, but I know I always liked storytelling.”

Knows Writing Trying Made Decision Active Storytelling

Author:John Ridley

“My philosophy about journalism is simple - that we have a job to hold those in power accountable, to give voice to the voiceless, and to provide people with information that they can use to make informed decisions about what policies they want enacted in their name and what policies they don't.”

People Want Giving Philosophy Use Jobs Names Voice Simple Decision Information Policy Journalism Voiceless

Author:Jeremy Scahill

“If you dread the thought of wasted time in meetings, chances are that your team members feel the same way. Team members are also demotivated by one-way discussions, haphazard participation and arbitrary decisions. Structure every meeting at the start and summarize them at the end.”

Ifs Way Feels Ends Chance Decision Team Members Structure Meetings One Way Discussion Dread Participation Arbitrary Chances Are Wasted Time Team Member Haphazard

Author:Martin Zwilling

“The Americans made the decision out of principle to buy Russian equipment for us because our pilots and mechanics were trained on Russian aircraft. But, then, as a result of the Ukraine crisis, the US Congress imposed sanctions on Russia and the equipment could no longer be delivered to us. I am proud of our security and defense forces.”

Made Force Decision Results Principles Security Proud Crisis Congress Defense Russia Pilots Equipment Mechanic Ukraine Sanctions Aircraft

Author:Ashraf Ghani

“I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history.”

Believe Humans Action Choices Individual I Believe Challenges Decision Pride Links Magnificent Human History Transforming

Author:Daisaku Ikeda

“President Obama, when he was elected, he could have been a unifying figure. He could have chosen to be a leader on race relations and bring us together. And he hasn't done that, he's made decisions that I think have inflamed racial tensions that have divided us rather than bringing us together.”

Thinking Has Beens Made Done Together President Decision Race Leader Figures Relation Chosen Tension Divided President Obama Could Have Been Race Relations Unifying Racial Tension

Author:Ted Cruz

“Numeracy: 1. The art of putting numbers to things, that is, assigning amounts to variables in order that practical decisions may be reach. 2. That aspect of education (beyond mere literacy) which takes account of quantitative aspects of reality.”

May Art Reality Order Decision Numbers Amount Aspect Accounts Mere Practicals Literacy Variables Numeracy

Book:Filters Against Folly: How to Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely Eloquent

Source: Filters Against Folly: How to Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely Eloquent

“An investment decision in the common stock of a company frequently involves a whole lot of factors interacting ... the one thing that causes the most trouble is when you combine a bunch of these together, you get this lollapalooza effect.”

Whole Together Causes Decision Common Company Trouble One Thing Effects Investment Bunch Factors Interacting

Author:Charlie Munger

“I assume that those who cling to old beliefs will be able to whisper their thoughts in the recesses of their homes, but if they repeat those views in public, they will risk being labeled as bigots and treated as such by governments, employers, and schools.”

Ifs Home Government Able School Belief Decision Views Risk Court Assuming Treated Repeats Ruling Employers Gay Marriage Dissent Bigots Recess Court Decision Against Gay Marriage

Author:Samuel Alito

“To allow the policy question of same-sex marriage to be considered and resolved by a select, patrician, highly unrepresentative panel of nine is to violate a principle even more fundamental than no taxation without representation: no social transformation without representation.”

“Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues.”

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Author:Zig Ziglar

“Today’s endorsement by President Barack Obama of the creation of a Hamas-led Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 borders, signals the most egregious foreign policy decision his administration has made to date...”

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Author:Allen West

“I make decisions based on what I think is best for the country.”

Thinking Country Decision

Author:George W. Bush

“When you're my age, you'll see that it is wiser to make your own decisions than let time make decisions for you.”

Age Decision Wiser

Author:Charles Finch

“Look, history is interesting. I read three books on George Washington last year. And my opinion is that if they're still analyzing the first president, the 43rd president ought to be doing what he thinks is right. And eventually, historians will come and realize whether... the decisions I made made sense.”

Ifs Thinking Years Firsts Looks Made Stills Book Lasts Three President Realizing Decision Interesting Opinion Ought Historian Last Year Analyzing

Author:George W. Bush

“In Latino culture, the quinceanera's a big thing - it's when a girl becomes a woman. But I think age is just a number - you become a woman with the responsibilities you take on and the decisions you make. I started realizing that every day is a gift - you have every day to be thankful you're alive.”

Thinking Bigs Age Culture Girl Realizing Decision Numbers Responsibility Alive Big Things Being Thankful Latino Decisions You Make Ages Is Just A Number Latino Culture

Author:Emily Rios

“Being kind doesn't mean being soft or a wuss. Kindness is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of confidence. If you have developed a reputation for kindness and consideration, then even the most unpleasant decisions will go down easier because everyone will understand why you are doing what you are doing. They will realize that your decision must be necessary, and is not arbitrary or without empathy. As the old saying puts it, 'To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.'”

Ifs World Kind May Mean Persons Realizing Decision Kindness Easier Empathy Weakness Reputation Consideration Be Kind Arbitrary Old Saying

Author:Colin Powell

“I had always been more interested in playing and improvising than sitting down at a desk and writing out a piece. I'd always found it more fun to play, and the other a little bit tedious. I always had trouble with the decisions.”

Writing Littles Play Found Fun Bits Decision Pieces Trouble Little Bit Sitting Desks Tedious Sitting Down Improvising

Author:Terry Riley

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