Quotes about the decision
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“A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.”

Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker

Source: Awaken the Giant Within (1992), p. 49
Source: Unlimited Power : The New Science Of Personal Achievement

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“Successful people make their decisions quickly and change their minds slowly. Failures make their decisions slowly and change their minds quickly.”

Andy Andrews (1959) author and corporate speaker

Source: The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success

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“Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.”
Opinionis enim commenta delet dies, naturae iudicia confirmat.

Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman

De Natura Deorum – On the Nature of the Gods (45 BC)
Variant: For time destroys the fictions of error and opinion, while it confirms the determinations of nature and of truth.
Book II, section 2; translation by Francis Brooks
Variant: Time destroys the figments of the imagination, while confirming the judgments of nature.

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“Life is a tapestry woven by the decisions we make.”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Kiss of the Night

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“Every decision you make, makes you. Never let other people choose who you’re going to be.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

Source: The Lost Herondale

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“Start taking bad decisions and it will take you to a place where others only dream of being.”

Paul Arden (1940–2008) writer

Source: Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite

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“Don't let fear govern your decision.”

Source: The Guardian

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“Your decisions will determine direction. Your direction will determine destination. Let”

The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

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“Just once I want it to be easy and neat. But no, there is never a good decision. I pick what I can live with.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Burns

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“Decisions are best made by the people affected by them.”

Gloria Steinem (1934) American feminist and journalist

Source: My Life on the Road

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“Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.”

Michael Jordan (1963) American retired professional basketball player and businessman
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“Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait.”

Gavin de Becker (1954) American engineer

Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

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“If we wait until life is in order before making our decision, we'll never make any”

Judith McCoy Miller (1944) American writer

Source: An Uncertain Dream

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“It is my great hope someday, to see science and decision makers rediscover what the ancients have always known. Namely that our highest currency is respect.”

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (1960) Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, statistician, former trader and risk analyst

Source: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

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“Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.”

James C. Collins (1958) American business consultant and writer

Source: How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In

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“That was the only decision there was once upon a time: what to do with the night.”

Harry Crews (1935–2012) Novelist, short story writer, essayist

Source: A Feast of Snakes

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“Shall I call the others back in?"
He nodded. "Why ask me? It's all of you who are making the decisions.”

John Flanagan (1873–1938) Irish-American hammer thrower

Source: Erak's Ransom

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“Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
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“Death really did not matter to him but life did, and therefore the sensation he felt when they gave their decision was not a feeling of fear but of nostalgia.”

Source: One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), p. 119
Context: In the shattered schoolhouse where for the first time he had felt the security of power, a few feet from the room where he had come to know the uncertainty of love, Arcadio found the formality of death ridiculous. Death really did not matter to him but life did and therefore the sensation he felt when they gave their decision was not a feeling of fear but of nostalgia. He did not speak until they asked him for his last request.

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“good decisions requires the development”

Victor Sperandeo (1945) American businessman

Trader Vic--Methods of a Wall Street Master

“Don't make decisions out of fear. They never get yo anywhere you want to go.”

Danielle Steel (1947) American author of romance novels

Source: Malice

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“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

Attributed to Emerson in The Gift of Depression : Twenty-one Inspirational Stories Sharing Experience, Strength, and Hope (2001) by John F. Brown, p. 56, no prior occurrence of this a statement has been located; it seems to be derived from one which occurs in The Alchemist (1988) by Paulo Coelho, p. 22: When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Misattributed

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“Quick decision makers are often stuck behind annoying people in line at Starbucks.”

Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress

Source: Seriously... I'm Kidding

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“Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.”

Robert McKee (1941) American academic specialised in seminars for screenwriters

Source: Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

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“it’s not conditions but decisions that determine our lives.”

Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker

MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom

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“Having made the decision to love, had I chosen life instead of death?”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

Source: The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story

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