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 very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn’t choose.

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

My one big regret is that I didn’t play on for ten more years.

Even if you’re happy with the life you’ve chosen, you’re still curious about the other options.

The dangers of not thinking clearly are much greater now than ever before. It’s not that there’s something new in our way of thinking – it’s that credulous and confused thinking can be much more lethal in ways it was never before.

I hate fund-raising. Haaaaate it. Hate, hate it.

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.

I bought a gun and chose drugs instead.

We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of women within the church. The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions.

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this – that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made – not to understand – but to feel – as crime.

It is a fine game to play – the game of politics – and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

Ultimately this issue is on us. We’re the ones who make the decisions about what our kids eat.

Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong – these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.

Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we’re hardwired not to always think clearly when we’re scared. And the country’s scared.

Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity – the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.

The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

I’m not sure if it’s good to have freedom or not. I’m really confused now.

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there’s no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.

It’s not called quitting if you quit while you ahead. It’s about being aware and being strategic enough to know that you got to get out the pool at some point. You got to put your clothes back on and dry off.

You have to just make the choices you make in life. I made the choices I made because I believed they were right for me.

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God – the rest will be given.

Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.

I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman’s equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.

I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I’m sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don’t even know when you’re being compromised till after the fact, and that’s what you regret.

I have not endorsed Trump and will not do so.

The more players I have, the more difficult choices there are for me, but the better it is for LFC.

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

For those of you who do not know Him, choosing your eternal home is the most important decision you will ever make.

I didn’t want to submit to the army and then, on the day of judgment, have God say to me, ‚Why did you do that?‘ This life is a trial, and you realize that what you do is going to be written down for Judgment Day.

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

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.

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.

I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one’s self to destiny.

The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.

One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts… to my surprise… almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

In business, if you realize you’ve made a bad decision, you change it.

My biographers… would like to have my time at the court almost complete before they finish the book. We decided… to flip the order.

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.

‚Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of.

I don’t think I would run for president.

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

Buy the ticket, take the ride.

As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.

I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.

People who think too much before they act don’t act too much.

My dear sisters, whatever your calling, whatever your circumstances, we need your impressions, your insights, and your inspiration. We need you to speak up and speak out in ward and stake councils.

The biggest mistake we made as a company was betting too much on HTML5.

We have come to a turning point in the road. If we turn to the right mayhap our children and our children’s children will go that way; but if we turn to the left, generations yet unborn will curse our names for having been unfaithful to God and to His Word.

At one point he decided enough was enough.

With Benghazi, I don’t see anyone saying, ‚Hey look, I am overall responsible for this and therefore, I take responsibility for what happened. It’s my fault.‘ I haven’t heard that yet. Meanwhile, the other side of the coin, the Osama bin Laden raid, it seems everyone made that decision, and that’s just unbelievable to me.

When I get logical, and I don’t trust my instincts – that’s when I get in trouble.