Good Decision Quotes

• When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions.

  Hakeem Olajuwon

  Motivational, Basketball, Smart

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• Aristotle once said that wisdom (the ability to make good decisions) is a combination of experience plus reflection. The more time that you take to think about your experiences, the more vital lessons you will gain from them.

  Brian Tracy

  Reflection, Thinking, Decision

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• Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions.

  Mark Twain

  Decision, Bad Decision

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• Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

  Peter Drucker

  Motivational, Leadership, Business

  Peter Drucker, Alan Kantrow, Rick Wartzman, Julia Kirby (2016). “Get the Right Things Done: The Drucker Collection (6 Items)”, p.33, Harvard Business Review Press

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• Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Decisions You Make, Leader

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• Even a good decision if made for the wrong reasons can be a wrong decision.

  Jonathan Pryce

  Decision, Reason, Made

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• The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

  Voltaire

  Happiness, Cheer Up, Decisions You Make

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

  Plato

  Wisdom, Plato, Business

  Plato (1871). “The Dialogues of Plato”, p.83

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• On an important decision one rarely has 100% of the information needed for a good decision no matter how much one spends or how long one waits. And, if one waits too long, he has a different problem and has to start all over. This is the terrible dilemma of the hesitant decision maker.

  Robert K. Greenleaf

  Long, Decision, Waiting

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• The sign of a good decision is the multiplicity of reasons for it.

  Mary Doria Russell

  Decision, Reason, Multiplicity

  Mary Doria Russell (1998). “Children of God: A Novel”, Villard Books

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• When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions. If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Smart, Believe

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• Build confidence and momentum with each good decision you make from here on out and choose to be inspired.

  Joe Rogan

  Decisions You Make, Mma, Momentum

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• No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Business, Military

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• The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions

  Ron Paul

  Decision, Principles, Individual

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• If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

  Allen Iverson

  Motivational, Basketball, Believe

  InsideHoops Interview, www.insidehoops.com. February 14, 2004.

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• we're responsible for our own lives.

  Stephen Covey

  Responsible

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• It's not enough to have good intentions. If you want to be a good person, you have to make good decisions all the time and live a life that's worth living and that you can be proud of, and that's what I wanted.

  Benjamin Booker

  Decision, Proud, Good Intentions

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Better a good decision quickly than the best decision too late.

  Harold Geneen

  Decision, Too Late, Late

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• Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions.

  Alfie Kohn

  Children, Learning, Decision

  "The Homework Myth". Book by Alfie Kohn, 2006.

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• A man who honors God privately will show it by making good decisions publicly.

  Edwin Louis Cole

  Men, Decision, Honor

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• Pause and remember - No one is coming to rescue you from yourself; your inner demons, your lack of confidence, your dissatisfaction with yourself and life. Only self-love and good decisions will rescue you.

  Jennifer Young

  Recovery, Loss, Self

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• I try to make good decisions as decisions come up.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Decision, Trying, Come Up

  Interview With Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. January 20, 2004.

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• Good and solid analysis and a formal way of looking at a problem [are the core ingredients of good decisions].

  Colin Powell

  Decision, Analysis, Way

  Source: www.egonzehnder.com

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• Knowledge is the accumulation of information whereas intelligence is one's ability to process information to render good decisions.

  Justin Menkes

  Decision, Ability

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• 1. It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.
  2. Get mad, then get over it.
  3. Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
  4. It can be done!
  5. Be careful what you choose. You may get it.
  6. Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
  7. You can't make someone else's choices. You shouldn't let someone else make yours.
  8. Check small things.
  9. Share credit.
  10. Remain calm. Be kind.

  Colin Powell

  Morning, Fall, Thinking

  Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.886, Ballantine Books

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