Difficult Decisions Quotes - Page 2

• If you are trying to take a difficult decision and you're weighing up the pros and cons, you have frank conversations. Everybody knows this in their walk of life.

  Tony Blair

  Decision, Trying, Pros And Cons

  Interview with Martin Kettle, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2010.

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• Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.

  Carly Fiorina

  School, Law, Decision

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• They were often the first students in their family to go to college and the very idea of higher education was still foreign to them. They had to make a conscious and often difficult decision to come to college.

  Michael N. Castle

  College, Ideas, Decision

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• Life is filled with difficult decisions, he thought. And winners are those who make them.

  Dan Brown

  Decision, Life Is, Winner

  "Deception Point".

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• One very difficult decision was deciding to vote against the appropriations bill for the war. I had consistently said that I wanted to make sure our troops got the adequate and training in the war effort, despite the fact that I opposed the war at the point that the president decided to double down and send more troops. I had to vote against funding as a way of bringing it back to the table. That was a difficult decision for me.

  Barack Obama

  War, Effort, Decision

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Radical activists can't ignore the fact that we live in this world, like it or not, and have to make difficult decisions about which paths are the best - or sometimes, the least harmful. There are no abstract formulas. Have to think through each case on its own.

  Noam Chomsky

  Thinking, Decision, World

  Source: thefifthcolumnnews.com

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• As politicians we have to make very difficult decisions and one...is when freedom of speech actually insults public safety.

  Tulip Siddiq

  Safety, Decision, Freedom Of Speech

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• There is always an element of realpolitik that has to be present in the conduct of any nation's national security affairs. At the same time, we have to also have a balance between realpolitik and Wilsonian principles of freedom and democracy and human rights. And maintaining that balance is the greatest challenge that we in the West, including the Federal Republic of Germany, have to face because it's many times a very difficult decision-making process.

  John McCain

  Rights, Decision, Challenges

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I find it ironic and unfortunately because people are very vulnerable to populism now these days because they are desperate, we had really difficult times and we had difficult decisions to make. It is natural and it is logical to have people trying to not to vote for Syriza but to vote against the big parties that were in the Government for the last decade. So it is something that you can explain that way.

  Eva Kaili

  Party, Government, People

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• I have a lifetime 100% pro-choice voting record. I understand that people disagree on this issue, but I believe that it is a woman's decision, it's a difficult decision, but it's a decision between her and her physician. I will do everything that I can in 50 states of this country to make sure that women have a choice.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Believe, Issues

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• I always tell people when it's time to make a decision to stay or go [at a job], if it's a difficult decision, you should stay. If it's an easy decision, you should go.

  J. A. Adande

  Jobs, People, Decision

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• Urban transport is a political and not a technical issue. The technical aspects are very simple. The difficult decisions relate to who is going to benefit from the models adopted.

  Enrique Penalosa

  Simple, Issues, Decision

  "Cities bear the brunt of air pollution - they can also solve it" by Leo Hollis, www.theguardian.com. April 11, 2014.

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• Whenever I'm faced with a difficult decision, I ask myself, 'What would I do if I weren't afraid of making a mistake? Feeling rejected? looking foolish? Or being alone?' I know for sure that when you remove the fear, the answer that you've been searching for comes into focus and as you walk into your fear, you should know for sure that your deepest struggle can, if you're willing and open, produce your greatest strength.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Mistake, Struggle, Focus

  Oprah Winfrey (2014). “What I Know For Sure”, p.39, Macmillan

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• It's just a logical guess that they are very very wise to put someone from the old series in it, and if you had to choose, it would be a very difficult decision.

  Andreas Katsulas

  Wise, Decision, Would Be

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• If we're going to preach about democracy we're going to have to make difficult decisions. We're not going to sell our values out for basing rights, particularly when (Defense) Secretary (Donald) Rumsfeld himself noted that there were options to the base in Uzbekistan

  Bill Delahunt

  Rights, Uzbekistan, Decision

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• Karzai is Afghanistan's first democratically elected president. He brought the international community into partnership on an unprecedented level, and he championed a new constitution that is liberal, democratic and still very Afghan. All of that does reflect a vision. But he's presided over a country that is still in conflict, and he hasn't taken some of the difficult decisions his own government wanted him to take. On corruption, he hasn't been as decisive as he should've been. There are legitimate questions about him.

  Chris Alexander

  Country, Taken, Government

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Requesting a change of environment was an extremely difficult decision. After a tremendous amount of reflection and numerous conversations with my family, it made the most sense to seek a change.

  Dany Heatley

  Reflection, Decision, Environment

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• This was an extremely difficult decision as I take great pride in representing our country. I know that I owe it to my USA Basketball teammates to be totally invested in the experience. After going through training camp with USAB, I realized I could not fulfill my responsibilities to the team from both a time and energy standpoint. I need to take a step back and take some time away, both mentally and physically in order to prepare for the upcoming NBA season. I will be rooting for USAB and look forward to future opportunities with them.

  Kevin Durant

  Basketball, Country, Team

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• Sometimes the most difficult decision is to not martyr yourself for someone, but instead to choose to live for them. Because of them.

  Chuck Hogan

  Decision, Sometimes, Martyr

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• For a dying man it is not a difficult decision [to agree to become the world's first heart transplant] ... because he knows he is at the end. If a lion chases you to the bank of a river filled with crocodiles, you will leap into the water convinced you have a chance to swim to the other side. But you would not accept such odds if there were no lion.

  Christiaan Barnard

  Heart, Men, Rivers

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• The past shouldn't be forgotten. It should be used as a guide for future situations and not used as a reason to avoid making difficult decisions. There was always a choice.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Past, Choices, Decision

  Maria V. Snyder (2013). “Storm Glass”, p.405, Harlequin

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• Yes, my mind was wandering. I wished I were there with someone who could bring peace to my heart someone with whom I could spend a little time without being afraid that i would lose him the next day. With that reassurance, the time would pass more slowly. We could be silent for a while because we'd know we had the rest of our lives together for conversation. I wouldn't have to worry about serious matters, about difficult decisions and hard words.

  Paulo Coelho

  Heart, Next Day, Worry

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• We all have to start with ourselves. It is time to walk the talk. Take the journey of making very difficult decisions. Start removing things from your life that are not filling your cup and adding things that bring joy in to your life.

  Lisa Hammond

  Journey, Decision, Joy

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• A difficult decision for the referee's assistant. I wouldn't beat him up over it.

  Kenny Cunningham

  Football, Decision, Assistants

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• Life demands sacrifice and difficult decisions from us at every moment. Living does not mean passing through a void of nothingness but rather through a web of relationships among beings, each with their own weight and volume and texture.

  Shin Kyung-sook

  Mean, Sacrifice, Decision

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