“I do know that all of the Michigan delegation worked very hard as related to the revival of the auto industry. There was really a choice between bankruptcy and liquidation. There was no one that was willing to come up not only with the cash to keep them afloat but also to serve the warranties of everyone, you and I that drive all these cars. There was no one that could have picked up those pieces other than the federal government. [The auto bailout was] bipartisan from the get-go. [Without it,] Michigan would have hit 40 percent unemployment rates.” KnowsHardGovernmentChoicesPiecesCarWillingIndustryRepublicanPercentRateCome UpRelatedCashUnemploymentFederal GovernmentRevivalBankruptcyMichiganBipartisanDelegationBailoutsUnemployment RateAuto IndustryWarranty Author:Fred Upton
“You've got to be willing to forgive and say, 'God, get something good out of something bad.' And if you'll make that choice... God will do it.” IfsChoicesWillingForgivingGods Will Author:Don Young
“It was not a choice of writing or not writing. It was a choice of loving my life or not loving my life. To keep writing was always a first priority.... I worked probably 25 years by myself.... Just writing and working, not trying to publish much. Not giving readings. A longer time than people really are willing to commit before they want to go public.” PeopleWantGivingWritingTryingYearsFirstsChoicesReadingWillingPrioritiesCommitPublish Author:Mary Oliver
“Everyone in a successful organization must be willing and ready to risk. Risk is like change; it's not a choice.” ChoicesSuccessfulRiskWillingReadyOrganizationSuccessful Organizations Author:Max De Pree
“For me, passion means whatever a person is willing to suffer for.'Apostolic passion,' therefore, is a deliberate, intentional choice to live for the worship of Jesus in the nations. It has to do with being committed to the point of death to spreading His glory. It's the quality of those who are on fire for Jesus, who dream of the whole earth being covered with the Glory of the Lord.” MeanPersonsWholeDreamEarthSufferingChoicesPassionJesusNationsQualityLordFireWillingWorshipGloryCommittedCoveredDeliberateApostolic Author:Floyd McClung
“I encourage everyone I know to sign an organ donor card, but if someone doesn't want to sign, that's his or her choice. If someone isn't willing to give an organ, however, why should that person be allowed to receive an organ?” IfsKnowsWantGivingShouldPersonsChoicesWillingCardsOrgansDonorsOrgan Donor Author:Alex Tabarrok
“We do the same thing in our own lives, embracing information that supports what we already prefer or vindicates choices we previously made.After all, it feels better to justify our opinions rather than challenge them, to contemplate only the pros and relegate the cons to the back of our minds. However, if we want to make the most of choice, we have to be willing to make ourselves uncomfortable. The question is, if we are willing, how exactly do we go about fortifying ourselves against these biases?” IfsWantFeelsMindMadeChoicesChallengesOpinionSupportInformationWillingUncomfortableJustifyContemplatingFeel Better Author:Sheena Iyengar
“You can choose to be willing for a new understand of God and Life to now be brought forth, and understanding that could produce a new way of life on your planer.” WayChoicesUnderstandingProduceWillingNew WaysNew Way Of LifeGod And Life Book:The New Revelations: A Conversation with God Source: The New Revelations: A Conversation with God
“People who make the choice to study, work hard or do whatever they endeavor is to give it the max on themselves to reach to the top level. And you have the people who get envy and jealous, yet are not willing to put that work in, and they want to get the same praise.” PeopleWantGivingHardChoicesLevelsStudyWillingHard WorkPraiseEnvyEndeavorJealousMax Author:Evander Holyfield
“People are selfish. But they can also be compassionate and generous, and they care about the country. But not when they feel threatened. That’s why this is such a crucial time. We can go in either direction. But if we don’t make a choice soon, it will be too late to turn things around. I think people are willing to make the right choice. But they need leadership. They’re hungry for leadership.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsFeelsCountryCareTurnsChoicesWillingLateSelfishHungryGenerousToo LateCrucialCompassionateThreatenedRight ChoicesMake The Right Choice Author:Robert Kennedy
“People of the world, the time for decision is short. It is measured in a few years. The choice is ours as to whether or not we will pay the price of peace. If we are not willing to pay it, all that we hold dear will be consumed in the flame of war. The darkness in our world today is due to the disintegration of things which are contrary to God's laws. Let us never say hopelessly this is the darkness before a storm; rather let us say with faith this is the darkness before the dawn of the golden age of peace, which we cannot now even imagine. For this, let us hope and work and pray.” PeopleIfsWorldYearsWarAgeTodayLawChoicesDecisionPayDarknessImagineWillingPrayingDearStormDuesContraryGoldenDawnFlamesOur WorldConsumedWorld TodayPay The PriceGolden AgeDisintegrationDarkness Before The Dawn Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.” WantInspirationalMotivationalSuccessChoicesGoalChangeWorkDecisionAchieveWillingWise WordsSucceedAchievementAimWhat You WantPrioritiesSoccerDecision MakingSuccess In LifeKey To SuccessSetting GoalsRoad To SuccessRecipe For SuccessMaking DecisionsPrioritizeTop PrioritiesExchangingAchieved SuccessAchievement And SuccessFirst Things FirstTycoonsPriorities In Life Author:H. L. Hunt
“The welfare state destroys the market mechanisms - lessens free choice and willing exchange. Simultaneously creating unnatural specializations, it must, granted statism's premise, resort to welfarism; that is, it must assume the responsibility for the people's welfare: their employment, their old age, their income, and the like. As this is done, man loses his wholeness; he is dispossessed of responsibility for self, the very essence of his manhood. The more dependent he becomes, the less dependable!” PeopleMenSelfStatesDoneAgeChoicesLosesResponsibilityWillingCreatingEssenceAssumingIncomeOld AgeEmploymentGrantedWelfareDependentMechanismWholenessManhoodResortsPremisesUnnaturalWelfare StateSpecializationDependableFree Choice Author:Leonard Read
“I believe that when you stop renewing and are no longer open to change and the possibilities that continually unfold, you stop being alive and are just getting through the years. Transformation doesn't happen unless you're willing: It's your choice.” YearsBelieveHappensChoicesI BelieveAlivePossibilityWillingTransformationThrough The Years Author:Oprah Winfrey
“It's the sacrifice I'm not willing to make right now to leave my children because I felt it wasn't only my choice.” ChildrenChoicesFeltSacrificeWillingRight NowMy Children Author:Joan Chen
“One of the principle things life has taught me is that we always have a choice. When we say we "can't," we usually mean we're just not willing to pay the price.” MeanChoicesPayPrinciplesTaughtWillingPay The Price Author:Patricia McConnell
“I think of choosing as a... both a fun and an effortful activity and I think of choice as something that in order for you to really get what you want out of it you have to put a lot into it and so I'm only willing to do that for a few different things and for the rest I really just try to either satisfy, come up with a simple rule or let somebody else make the choice.” ThinkingWantTryingDifferentOrderChoicesFunSimpleWillingActivityCome UpWhat You WantDifferent Things Author:Sheena Iyengar
“The public is really not kept abreast, and our leaders are not clear and forthright about what the terms of engagement are right now - that we really have no choice except to undertake a wartime scale mobilization, but a mobilization knowing that we can actually fix this. It's only a disaster if we continue to plunge headlong into the problem, which is only accelerating in spite of everything that the Democrats have been willing to say and do about it.” IfsHas BeensProblemChoicesTermLeaderKnowingClearWillingRight NowDemocratDisasterScalesSpiteEngagementPlungeWartimeMobilization Author:Jill Stein
“We've long known that firms can pay higher wages if they spend less on workplace safety enhancement. Libertarians ask, "If a worker is willing to accept higher wages in return for his agreement to exercise greater caution while performing his job, why should the government prevent him from making that choice?" It's a rhetorically powerful question, yet it overlooks the fact that the agreement in question will have adverse effects on others.” IfsShouldLongFactsGovernmentJobsChoicesAsksPowerfulPayKnownAcceptingGreaterEffectsWillingReturnHigherExerciseSafetyWorkersLibertarianFirmPerformingAgreementWorkplaceWagesCautionAdverseEnhancementWorkplace SafetyAdverse Effects Author:Robert H. Frank
“There is a consensus of willing leaders from both parties coalescing around the right way forward in health care. Reform should address government-imposed inequities and barriers to true choice and competition.” WayShouldGovernmentCareChoicesPartyLeaderWillingHealthCompetitionReformHealth CareAddressesBarriersRight WayConsensusWay ForwardHealth Care Reform Author:Paul Ryan
“Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our 'accepting' and 'willing' are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God.” ActionChoicesSidesAcceptingGraceDivineWillingDeterminationSalvationReactionsConquestSeizing Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“A responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.” ChoicesResponsibilityWillingConsequenceResponsibleAssuming Author:Gary Zukav
“When you know your intention, you are in a position to choose the consequences that you will create for yourself. When you choose an intention that creates consequences for which you are willing to be responsible, that is a responsible choice.” KnowsChoicesPositionWillingConsequenceResponsibleIntentionYou ChooseBeing Responsible Author:Gary Zukav