Best decision & ability Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require.”

Giving Government Ability Decision British Declaration Reluctant Clarification British Government

Author:Martin McGuinness

“General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the 'Rolling Stone' interview fatally compromised his ability to represent the United States in dealing with allies and to act within the circle of people who must make decisions in Afghanistan.”

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Author:Jim Talent

“Self-confidence is nothing more than belief in one’s ability to decide and in one’s decisions.”

Self Belief Ability Decision Self Confidence

Book:Handbook for Preclears

Source: Handbook for Preclears

“You mustn't confuse the need for effective chairmanship, which is part of the job of the boss, along with the ability to take tough decisions and to lead people.”

People Needs Jobs Ability Decision Tough Boss Tough Decisions

Author:Charles Kennedy

“If you simply cannot make the right decision, make a decision and then make it right.”

Ifs Ability Decision Right Decision Make The Right Decision

Author:Randall Dale Adams

“Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it. Immature people spend their lives exploring endless possibilities and then doing nothing. Action requires courage. Without courage, little is accomplished.”

People Littles Action Ability Decision Possibility Endless Maturity Accomplished Exploring Doing Nothing Immature Endless Possibilities Immature People

Author:Ann Landers

“There are situations where you can either rise to the occasion or you can feel sorry for yourself. Really that's within your own abilities to make that decision.”

Feels Ability Decision Situation Sorry Occasions Mma Feel Sorry For You

Author:Frank Mir

“Leverage is the ability to apply positive pressure on yourself to follow through on your decisions even when it hurts.”

Hurt Ability Decision Pressure It Hurts Follow Through

Author:Orrin Woodward

“The education of our people should be a lifelong process by which we continue to feed new vigor into the lifestream of the Nation through intelligent, reasoned decisions. Let us not think of education only in terms of its costs, but rather in terms of the infinite potential of the human mind that can be realized through education. Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our Nation.”

“Differences in political opinions are as unavoidable as, to a certain point, they may perhaps be necessary; but it is exceedingly to be regretted that subjects cannot be discussed with temper on the one hand, or decisions submitted to without having the motives, which led to them, improperly implicated on the other; and this regret borders on chagrin when we find that men of abilities, zealous patriots, having the same general objects in view, and the same upright intentions to prosecute them, will not exercise more charity in deciding on the opinions and actions of one another.”

Source: The real George Washington

“I think it's healthy to say that the American people now have direct access and that we have sufficient confidence as people in our own ability to judge, to make intelligent decisions.”

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Author:Kathleen Hall Jamieson

“Linear programming is viewed as a revolutionary development giving man the ability to state general objectives and to find, by means of the simplex method, optimal policy decisions for a broad class of practical decision problems of great complexity. In the real world, planning tends to be ad hoc because of the many special-interest groups with their multiple objectives.”

“Life is full of chances -- and those times when we each trust our own guts and have a terrific outcome reaffirms our ability to make good decisions.”

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Author:Victoria Laurie

“At the constitutional level, what we of course have assured is that women have the ability to make these reproductive decisions up to the point of viability.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“My life story is something obviously that belongs to me very personally. And the fact of the matter is that I had choices and chances and opportunities that were provided to me, based on the way I was able to direct my own decision-making. And what I'm working to fight for is to make sure that all women have the ability to do that.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“When you appoint someone, you appoint somebody because of their character, their convictions, their abilities. And not because you have a belief, a confidence, in a foreordained outcome in any given decision.”

Character Belief Given Ability Decision Conviction Outcomes

Author:Karl Rove

“The difference in sex does not hinder the ability of being strong on the levels of thinking, giving, having a strong willpower and the ability to take the right decision and the right position after studying all options, once the circumstances that favor creativity and rational thinking are available.”

“The ability to make a decision is another characteristic of a winner in money matters. I have found over and over again that those who succeed in making large sums of money reach decisions very promptly and change them, if at all, very slowly. I have also found that people who fail to make money reach decisions very slowly, if at all, and change them frequently and quickly.”

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Book:Money Dynamics for the 1990s

Source: Money Dynamics for the 1990s

“I got interested in the emotions after studying patients who had lost the ability to emote and feel under certain circumstances. Many of those patients also had major impairments in their ability to make decisions.”

Feels Certain Lost Ability Decision Emotion Study Circumstances Majors Patient Emote

Author:Antonio Damasio

“I am not a preacher. I don't want to stand on a soapbox and tell people, "Don't drink. Don't use drugs." With my kids, I say "Don't drink. Don't do drugs." But when they turn 21, they can drink. I hope they never use drugs, but people make their own decisions. When they're old enough, they are going to have the chance to make their own decisions. I just hope I have given them enough love and support, and the ability to come and talk to me if they need to.”

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Author:Nikki Sixx

“Leadership is tested not by one's capacity to survive politically but by the ability to make tough decisions in trying times.”

Trying Leadership Ability Decision Tough Capacity Tested Tough Decisions Trying Times

Author:Ehud Olmert

“In the end, the fate of children depends on our ability to use technology constructively and carefully. The connection of childrenand technology is not simply a matter of seat belts, safe toys, safe air, water and food, additive-free baby foods, or improved television programming. These are all important issues, but to stop here is to forget that today's children will soon be adults. Technological decisions made today will determine, perhaps irrevocably, the kind of physical and social world we bequeath them and the kind of people they become.”

Source: All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure

“We cannot deny that our decision today will have an impact on the ability of law enforcement to combat crime. Cell phones have become important tools in facilitating coordination and communication among members of criminal enterprises, and can provide valuable incriminating information about dangerous criminals. Privacy comes at a cost.”

“[James Bond's qualities of] self-containment, his powers of decision, his ability to carry on through till the end and to survive ... I like to think I acquired them before Bond.”

Thinking Ends Self Ability Decision Quality Containment Till The End

Author:Sean Connery

“Most men probably wouldn't want to live the lives of bonobos. They're constantly clinging to their mothers' apron strings. They lack the ability to make decisions about their own fates, something that we and male chimpanzees practically consider our birthright.”

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Author:Frans de Waal

“Most people lose money because of lack of emotional discipline -the ability to keep their emotions removed from investment decisions. Dieting provides an apt analogy. Most people have the necessary knowledge to lose weight-that is they know that in order to lose weight you have to exercise and cut your intake of fats. However, despite this widespread knowledge, the vast majority of people who attempt to lose weight are unsuccessful. Why? Because they lack the emotional discipline.”

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Author:Victor Sperandeo

“If the player has the confidence and ability, then he should sign with the pro team. Academics certainly play a large part in the decision, but if someone feels they are ready to sign, they should.”

Ifs Feels Should Play Ability Decision Player Team Ready

Author:Mark Mulder

“Aristotle once said that wisdom (the ability to make good decisions) is a combination of experience plus reflection. The more time that you take to think about your experiences, the more vital lessons you will gain from them.”

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Author:Brian Tracy

“Having the courage to make decisions and take action. Never be afraid to fail. You have nothing to fear if you have prepared to the best of your ability.”

Ifs Action Ability Decision Failing Prepared Afraid To Fail

Author:John Wooden

“Ultimately, our lives hinge on the ability to make right choices and decisions. By God's grace, I made the most important decision a person can ever make. I invited Jesus Christ to be Lord of my life and made a commitment to follow Him. God offers each of us the free gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus by "confessing with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believing in your heart that God raised him from the dead" (Romans 10:9). It is a wonderful and peaceful feeling to serve a God who loves me and cares about every detail of my life.”

“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”

“In many cases, the decision to study music has robbed them of the ability to play music. They have lost respect for music that comes from within because they have been programmed to feel "unworthy".”

Feels Has Beens Play Lost Ability Decision Cases Study Unworthy Lost Respect

Book:Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within

Source: Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within

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