We spend so much time sublimatin‘, thinkin‘ about, ‚What am I going to have for lunch, dinner?‘

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.

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

I don’t think there’s any point going for second or third.

There is probably a perverse pride in my administration… that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who’s occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can’t be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.

At one point he decided enough was enough.

Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent.

I’ve noticed a terrible thing, which is I will agree to anything if it’s far enough in the future.

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

You do the policy, I’ll do the politics.

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.

I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

Of two evils, choose neither.

For my career, I wouldn’t go racing if I didn’t enjoy it. I still need to have my say, and not just get put with a team and get told to deal with it.

I always wanted to do things right and represent myself as somebody that took the art serious and someone that took the business serious also, so I had time to weigh the options and figure it out and do my best to create the situation that was ideal.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles!

I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

The issues that cross a president’s desk are never easy. The easy questions don’t even get to the president.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

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

Forgiveness is not a feeling – it’s a decision we make because we want to do what’s right before God. It’s a quality decision that won’t be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.

Another suggestion is to cook a meal, maybe not every night, but a couple more times a week than you usually do. That way you have leftovers, and you take your lunch to work.

Whatever you have, you must either use or lose.

Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.

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.

It’s not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much rather you weren’t doing.

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

Since the team understands that the leader is de facto in charge, in that respect, a leader has nothing to prove. But in another respect, a leader has everything to prove: Every member of the team must develop the trust and confidence that their leader will exercise good judgment, remain calm, and make the right decisions when it matters most.

I have not endorsed Trump and will not do so.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.

I just know what is right and I want to do what is right.

If it wasn’t for the fun and money, I really don’t know why I’d bother.

I don’t know what’s better gettin‘ laid or gettin‘ paid.

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

The problem with car dealerships is you’ve already decided what you want to buy before you even go there, and you’re really just going there to talk through some annoying negotiation.

Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences.

Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

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

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

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.

If I’d had good discipline, I might have gone into music.

The mother of a family should look upon her housekeeping and the planning of meals as a scientific occupation.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

I don’t write policy for my government.

It’s so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

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

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by others.

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

Sin, also for those who don’t have faith, exists when one goes against one’s conscience. To listen to and obey it means, in fact, to decide in face of what is perceived as good or evil. And on this decision pivots the goodness or malice of our action.

Your emotions are very unstable and should never be the foundation for direction in your life.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.