"Of all the decisions an executive makes, none is as important as the decisions about people, because they determine the performance capacity of the organization."
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"Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves."
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"Outstanding long-term results are produced primarily by avoiding dumb decisions, rather than by making brilliant ones."
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"As a man thinketh, so is he, and as a man chooseth, so is he."
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"Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable for, not the rightness, but the uprightness of the decision"
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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."
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"We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions."
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"I don't take right decisions, I take decisions and make them right"
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"A decision made from fear is always the wrong decision."
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"You have to do what's best for you and what's going to make you happy at the end of the day, because no one can live with the consequences or anything that comes with your decision besides you."
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"A man who honors God privately will show it by making good decisions publicly."
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"It's hard for an educated woman to turn her head off. That's part of the joy of being a submissive. None of the decisions are yours. When you can't refuse anything and can't even move, those voices in your head go silent. All you can do, and all you are permitted to do, is feel."
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"all the time something within her was crying for a decision. She wanted her life shaped now, immediately — and the decision must be made by some force — of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality — that was close at hand"
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"I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are"
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"Never make a decision. Let someone else make it and then if it turns out to be the wrong one, you can disclaim it, and if it is the right one you can abide by it."
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"And he knew that at that moment, they understood each other perfectly, and when he told her what he was going to do now, she would not say ‘be careful’ or ‘don’t do it’, but she would accept his decision because she would not have expected anything less of him."
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"Draw your line in the sand. Make your decision now and start taking action to really live your dream. By not taking bold steps to live your dream, not only are you missing out on fully living, but the world is missing out on the greatness you have to offer. Be bold!"
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"A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes - within the limits of endowment and environment- he has made out of himself. In the concentration camps, for example, in this living laboratory and on this testing ground, we watched and witnessed some of our comrades behave like swine while others behaved like saints. Man has both potentialities within himself; which one is actualized depends on decisions but not on conditions."
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"Once you have made a careful decision based on facts, go into action. Don't stop to reconsider. Don't begin to hesitate, worry, and retrace your steps. Don't lose yourself in self-doubting which begets other doubts. Don't keep looking back over your shoulder."
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"Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from something. Where are your choices taking your life? What do your behaviors demonstrate that you are saying yes or no to in life?"
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