I base a lot of decisions on my gut, and going with an independent label was a good one.

The court generally moves in small steps rather than in one giant step.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.

Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual’s own reason and critical analysis.

Political courage is not political suicide.

I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.

High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.

Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it.

If you don’t like what you’re doing, then don’t do it.

I’m working on my life story. I’m not decided if it’s going to be a musical or a movie with music in it.

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind if I have to make a decision. This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, looking deep into myself, taking the necessary time.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

Quitting is the easiest thing to do.

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

I wonder how many decisions we make every day. I believe it’s probably hundreds. We decide whether or not to get out of bed, what we’ll eat, what we’ll do, what we’ll think about, what we’ll say… and on and on.

My parents pretty much realized that I would do whatever I wanted, and that was it, really.

If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away.

The safest course is to do nothing against one’s conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

Thinking isn’t agreeing or disagreeing. That’s voting.

When I had to make a decision whether or not an activity was appropriate for the Sabbath, I simply asked myself, ‚What sign do I want to give to God?‘ That question made my choices about the Sabbath day crystal clear.

Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That’s the biggest risk I’ve taken so far.

The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President.

It’s not easy being young. It’s hard to know what to do.

I would be stupid not to be on my own side. But I’m a human being, too. And I’m on the side of human beings, rather than on the side of crocodiles.

One of the key qualities a leader must possess is the ability to detach from the chaos, mayhem, and emotions in a situation and make good, clear decisions based on what is actually happening.

I am growing handsome very fast indeed! I expect I shall be the belle of Amherst when I reach my 17th year. I don’t doubt that I shall have perfect crowds of admirers at that age. Then how I shall delight to make them await my bidding, and with what delight shall I witness their suspense while I make my final decision.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.

You should do what other people do, unless you have a very good reason not to.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.

I delayed my father’s funeral because of cricket.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

The wise use of your freedom to make your own decisions is crucial to your spiritual growth, now and for eternity.

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We’re always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

It is our choices… that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

My mom was on the United Way group that decides how to allocate the money and looks at all the different charities and makes the very hard decisions about where that pool of funds is going to go.

I’m grateful to intelligent people. That doesn’t mean educated. That doesn’t mean intellectual. I mean really intelligent. What black old people used to call ‚mother wit‘ means intelligence that you had in your mother’s womb. That’s what you rely on. You know what’s right to do.

Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

A ‚No‘ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‚Yes‘ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

Of two evils, choose neither.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.

I thought ‚Heller‘ was a very bad decision.

One reason I don’t want to play in England again is because we don’t have any personalities.

I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.

What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president.

When you are young you tend to do so many things that are not needed. When you get experience, you know what exactly what works for you and you tend to do things that you want.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.