Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical know-how as an indicator of leadership failure.

I want to thank God, obviously for the health, for the talent He’s given me, for my family who supports me, for the things that basketball’s taught me on and off the court. For the people that I’ve been able to meet through the game of basketball.

My doorman is more important to me than any head of any company. He keeps us safe.

I didn’t want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that’s a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I’m proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect 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.

Through the ages, many of His children have had access to the blessings of the gospel, but many more have not.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

Our greatness has always come from people who expect nothing and take nothing for granted – folks who work hard for what they have, then reach back and help others after them.

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.

Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the computer voice, I found I could give popular lectures. I enjoy communicating science. It is important that the public understands basic science, if they are not to leave vital decisions to others.

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

I thought ‚Heller‘ was a very bad decision.

If you’re really satisfied with your position on something, you just say, ‚Hey;‘ you just very calmly present something.

As I have done in every election since I started voting so many years ago, I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision.

By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you’re aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.

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

In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don’t find out til too late that he’s been playing with two queens all along.

Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.

May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.

I won’t do something unless I can get at least two or three good laughs out of it. If I can’t, it’s not gonna make the team.

We do need women in civic life. We do need women to run for office, to be in political office. We need a feminist to be at the table when decisions are being made so that the right decisions will be made.

When I take action, I’m not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It’s going to be decisive.

I try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find something to be grateful for, and see each day as a gift.

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.

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

When you get angry, your options narrow.

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

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.

My life turned out to be beyond my greatest dreams.

We all have a choice. We can create transformational action that will safeguard the living conditions for future generations. Or we can continue with our business as usual and fail.

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.

The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

One of the most important decisions you’ll ever make is choosing the kind of universe you exist in: is it helpful and supportive or hostile and unsupportive? Your answer to this question will make all the difference in terms of how you live your life and what kind of Divine assistance you attract.

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

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.

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

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

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

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

A daily portion is really all we need. We do not need tomorrow’s supply, for that day has not yet dawned, and its needs are still unborn.

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

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, ‚Oh yes – I already have everything that I really need.‘

Once I’ve decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.

At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I want, eat and drink whatever I want. As long as I just babble at the camera, other people will pay for it. It’s a gift.

At one point he decided enough was enough.

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

A man’s own judgment should be the final appeal in all that relates to himself.

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

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.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.