Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Decide

Jane Fonda, who divided her life into three acts, decided after her sixtieth birthday that she was now facing the final act, and came to the following conclusion: “I thought to myself, well if that’s the case and if what I’m scared of isn’t death, but getting to the end with regrets, then I’ve got to figure out what would be the things that I would regret when I got to the last act if I hadn’t done them or achieved them by then. And they were: having an intimate relationship and having made a difference”.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934–2021) Hungarian-American Psychologist

A rule of thumb for a warrior is that he makes his decisions so carefully that nothing that may happen as a result of them can surprise him, much less drain his power.
Carlos Castaneda (1925–98) Peruvian-born American Anthropologist, Author

You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically—to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good”.
Stephen Covey (1932–2012) American Self-help Author

When everyone dreams but only a few realize their dreams, that makes cowards of us all.
Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist

Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
Peter Drucker (1909–2005) Austrian-born Management Consultant

Indecision is often worse than wrong action.
Henry Ford (1863–1947) American Businessperson, Engineer

The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort.
Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist

A miracle happened: another day of life.
Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist

Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker

It is fairly predictable, however, that when you’ve finally mastered something and gotten rid of the fear, you will feel so good that you will decide that there is something else out there you want to accomplish, and guess what! The fear begins again as you prepare to meet a new challenge.
Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author

It’s better to give than to receive. Let me put this as elegantly as possible: “What a crock!” That statement is total hogwash, and in case you haven’t noticed, it’s usually propagated by people and groups who want you to give and them to receive. The whole idea is ludicrous. What’s better, hot or cold, big or small, left or right, in or out? Giving and receiving are two sides of the same coin. Whoever decided that it is better to give than to receive was simply bad at math. For every giver there must be a receiver, and for every receiver there must be a giver.
T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author

Decide upon your major definite purpose in life and then organize all your activities around it.
Brian Tracy (b.1944) American Author, Motivational Speaker

In all the woods and forests, God did not create a single leaf the same as any other… People go against nature because they lack the courage to be different.
Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist

Whenever I make a bum decision, I just go out and make another.
Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) American Head of State

Thoreau decided to give up his large ambition of knowledge and action for any narrow craft or profession, aiming at a much more comprehensive calling, the art of living.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher

When you have a thought that is not in alignment with your highest vision change to a new thought! Then and there. When you say a thing that is our of alignment with your grandest idea, make a note not to say something like that again. When you do a thing that is misaligned with your best intention, decide to make that the last time. And make it right with whomever was involved if you can.
Marlo Morgan (1937–98) American Novelist, Author

I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Rosa Parks (1913–2005) American Civil Rights Leader

I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.
Henri Frederic Amiel (1821–81) Swiss Moral Philosopher, Poet, Critic

It was dangerous to overflow because we might end up finding ourselves occupied by our loved ones and drowning them with our love and enthusiasm.
Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist

Some day, in years to come, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except by a steady, long-continued process.
Phillips Brooks (1835–93) American Episcopal Clergyman, Author

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
Ben Stein (b.1944) American Lawyer, Writer, Economist, Humorist

Live. If you live, God will live with you. If you refuse to run his risks, he’ll retreat to that distant heaven and be merely a subject for philosophical speculation. Everyone knows this, but no one takes the first step, perhaps for fear of being called insane.
Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist

Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.
Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist

Whatever you habitually think yourself to be, that you are. You must form, now, a greater and better habit; you must form a conception of yourself as a being of limitless power, and habitually think that you are that being. It is the habitual, not the periodical thought that decides your destiny.
Wallace Wattles (1860–1911) American New Thought Author

If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness…people would be fairer and happier.
Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist

An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely.
Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist

I don’t know what to do. I only know that it’s taken me years to understand that life was pushing me in a direction I didn’t want to go in.
Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.
Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher

You’re someone who’s different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that, in my view, is a serious illness.
Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist

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