Good Decision Quotes - Page 4

• Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.

  Colin Powell

  Adversity, Decision, Way

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

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• The art of good decision making is looking forward to and celebrating the tradeoffs, not pretending they don't exist.

  Seth Godin

  Art, Decision, Looking Forward

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• In the NFL game today, there are a lot of better athletes than I am, and quarterbacks these days are faster than the quarterbacks have always been, they're running like crazy. But I kind of stick to my roots of the disciplined quarterback. You know, I'm doing the same routine every week, studying tapes and working hard, getting ready to play and making good decisions on Sundays.

  Peyton Manning

  Running, Crazy, Athlete

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• I was really happy with Mike [Green]. Not only was he contributing offensively, but he was really making good plays, good decisions. Defensively, he was really strong. For a debut, I didn’t know how he would be just coming off a little bit of an injury. He was real strong. I’m glad he got through that. I think he’s looking forward to a good season now.

  Barry Trotz

  Strong, Real, Thinking

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• When you're feeling lost, take heart. It's just your brain gathering the information it needs to make good decisions.

  Josh Kaufman

  Heart, Decision, Feelings

  Josh Kaufman (2010). “The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business”, p.233, Penguin

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• The law of the [Cub Scout] pack guides the boys to move in the direction of being helpful, friendly, courteous, trustworthy and promote qualities which parents and the community are looking for. The whole purpose of scouting is to help the children grow up making good decisions in life.

  John C. Maxwell

  Children, Growing Up, Moving

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• We're supposed to show people how the world is, to give them the tools they need to make good decisions as citizens or consumers. Depending on what your values are - the environment, your health, animal welfare - the answers are going to be different for every person.

  Michael Pollan

  Animal, People, Giving

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• To play chess on a truly high level requires a constant stream of exact, informed decisions, made in real time and under pressure from your opponent. What's more, it requires a synthesis of some very different virtues, all of which are necessary to good decisions: calculatioñ, creativity and a desire for results. If you ask a Grandmaster, an artist and a computer scientist what makes a good chess player, you'll get a glimpse of these different strengths in action.

  Garry Kasparov

  Real, Creativity, Player

  Garry Kasparov (2010). “How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom”, p.11, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• Choosing education is a very good decision, not only good for the student, but also for our country. The United States was the first nation in history to recognize that public education for every citizen, regardless of class or station, was vital to its future . . .

  Mitt Romney

  Country, Class, Decision

  Mitt Romney (2010). “No Apology: The Case for American Greatness”, p.196, Macmillan

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• It's still about making a good decision. We all want to have the Reggie Bush's of the world on our football team, but it's not reality.

  Scott Linehan

  Football, Team, Reality

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• I do like our young talent here, but it needs to get better. And we need some better veterans if we can go out and get them. We all get discouraged by losing. I sit there every game and see the little things that happen and you feel like they cost you games. But the reality is that we are still some time away from being what I hope we can be. And that's going to take some good decision-making on our part.

  John Paxson

  Reality, Games, Decision

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• Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues.

  Zig Ziglar

  Kids, Issues, Decision

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• I think that [having not a lot of time sweating the details] can be both a strength and a weakness. I think it depends on how [Donald Trump] approaches it. If it gives him fresh eyes, then that can be valuable. But it also requires you knowing what you don't know and putting in place people who do have the kinds of experience and background and knowledge that can inform good decision making.

  Barack Obama

  Eye, Thinking, Knowing

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• My prototypical quarterback is a competitive guy that's a winner, somebody that has great athletic instincts, somebody who is very accurate throwing the football, a quick-minded guy who can think fast on his feet and can make decisions quickly, someone who has leadership ability, an understanding of timing and can make really good decisions.

  Jim Harbaugh

  Football, Thinking, Feet

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• I see God as my heavenly father, like my earthly father, as loving and kind. Yes, he disciplined me, he helped me make good decisions, but I knew my dad was always there for me. If I made a mistake, I wouldn't run from my dad, I'd go to him.

  Joel Osteen

  Running, Dad, Father

  "Joel Osteen on Life, Tragedy and Why He Shuns 'Prosperity Gospel' Label". Interview with Melissa Barnhart, www.christianpost.com. April 21, 2013.

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• I think my brother is good coach,because he's Jim. He's a good decision maker. He makes good judgments. He's got a vision. He's got a picture of what he wants it to look like. He's not worried about what other people think. He's not afraid to be himself. He's a good person and he cares about people. He wants them to do well so that they can shine, not for any other reason than that they can be their very best.

  John Harbaugh

  Brother, Thinking, People

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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• A career is measured over the course of the years, not moments. Over good decisions, over successes, not moments, failures, missteps, or bad comments. I learned that I needed to take a step back and look at my career not in that one moment that made me feel really bad, but what I had done not even in the past one or two years or last one or two hires, but that that career is built over many, many, many, many successive quarters and years and good decisions - never, ever made in that one moment where you felt really bad.

  Alexis Maybank

  Past, Decision, Done

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I'm a very good decision maker because I have core set of principles and so I can make decisions. Decisions can be very hard and you have to wrestle with them, but I'm able to get all the data on the table and figure out what would be the best decision because decisions mean ill for some people and mean positives for others.

  Michele Bachmann

  Mean, Data, People

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• My vision of being a professional, as opposed to being a football player before, has completely changed. Being a pro is doing everything right all the time. It sounds cliche, but if you apply that to strength training, if you apply that to a lot of body work, if you apply that to making good decisions, all the work I did on myself and all the time I spent with therapists and doctors and family, that was my mantra: "Do it right all the time." It started to build momentum, and it started to build up steam. Once I got the opportunity to come back and play, I just kept using that and it helped.

  Richie Incognito

  Football, Opportunity, Player

  Source: m.bleacherreport.com

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• Melania Trump`s husband tweeted this: "Arianna Huffington is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man. He made a good decision."

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Husband, Men, Decision

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• My job is exhilarating. It's challenging. I find that the governance part of it, the decision making part of it - actually comes - comes pretty naturally. I think I've got a great team. I think we're making good decisions. The the hardest thing about the job is staying focused. Because there's so many demands and decisions that are pressed upon you.

  Barack Obama

  Team, Thinking, Decision

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• When I talked to [Donald Trump] about - our intelligence agencies, what I've said to him is - is that there are gonna be times where you've got raw intelligence that comes in and in my experience, over eight years, the intelligence community is pretty good about saying, "Look, we can't say for certain what this means." But there are gonna be times where the only way you can make a good decision is if you have confidence that the process is working, and the people that you put in charge are giving you their very best assessments.

  Barack Obama

  Mean, Agency, Eight

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• You [as a president] have to have a strong team around you. You have to have respect for institutions and the process to make good decisions because you are inherently reliant on other folks.

  Barack Obama

  Strong, Team, Decision

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Everybody makes bad decisions. I am sure I have made my share of them over 40 years of service. Or I have made good decisions and have been overruled. The real challenge, when you are overruled, is to remember who the boss is and don't take it personally.

  Colin Powell

  Real, Years, Decision

  Source: www.egonzehnder.com

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• You can't be 100% perfect, but try to evaluate things and do what's right. If you just make every effort to do the right thing, you'll come out ok. It comes down to priorities and making good decisions.

  Archie Manning

  Perfect, Priorities, Decision

  "The Mannings On Fatherhood". Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.

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