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• If you have an important decision to make, or even a small one, it is good to make your decision with the guidance of the Lord.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Decision, Important, Guidance

  Corrie Ten Boom (1999). “Reflections of God's Glory”, p.79, Zondervan

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• And fathers, . . . listen to [your returned missionary sons], and connect with them in regular, focused conversation. Talk with them in depth about their feelings and desires. Pray with them and give them blessings as they face the important decisions in their future.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Father, Son, Blessing

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• When the most important decisions are made in secret, we lose our ability to check the powers that control.

  Laura Poitras

  Decision, Secret, Important

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• If you have great people around you, they will take you higher than your dream will. Leaders are never self-made. Those closest to you determine your level of success, so choosing the right companions as partners in pursuit of your vision is an important decision. My advice is to surround yourself with talented people who will challenge you, help you grow and inspire you to maximize your potential.

  John C. Maxwell

  Dream, Self, People

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• Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make in life.

  Jeff Bezos

  Decision, Important, Energy

  "I Asked Jeff Bezos The Tough Questions - No Profits, The Book Controversies, The Phone Flop - And He Showed Why Amazon Is Such A Huge Success". Interview with Henry Blodget, www.businessinsider.com. December 13, 2014.

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• Women may give lip service to wanting husbands who take on an equal role in raising children, but many will pull rank when an important decision, like how to discipline or what baby sitter to hire, has to be made.

  Pepper Schwartz

  Baby, Husband, Children

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• In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.

  Ben Horowitz

  Decision, Important, Found

  "The Fine Line Between Fear and Courage" by Ben Horowitz, www.businessinsider.com. August 8, 2011.

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• The most important decision you'll ever make is how to spend the present moment !

  Gaurav Dagaonkar

  Life, Decision, Important

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• When you are faced with an important decision, be sure that your choice will lead you nearer to Christ.

  Paul V. Johnson

  Choices, Decision, Important

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• The interesting thing is that there are so few important decisions. You don't have to go in the "right" direction. You don't have to enter the "right" business. What you have to do is have made a decision as to what you're going to do and then you just have to figure out how to succeed at it.

  Ken Oshman

  Business, Justice, Interesting

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• We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of women within the church. The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions.

  Pope Francis

  Profound, Decision, Important

  Pope Francis (2014). “My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change”, p.63, A&C Black

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• I firmly believe in marriage. It's a real important decision that takes a lot of dedication and time. If you're thinking about divorce. You shouldn't get married.

  Seth Green

  Real, Believe, Divorce

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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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• Wasn't that the point to being married? That you had a partner, someone you trusted, to help with important decisions.

  Sarah Addison Allen

  Decision, Important, Helping

  Sarah Addison Allen (2011). “The Peach Keeper: A Novel”, p.19, Bantam

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• The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Believe, Inspiration

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• Suze, your whole life," my dad went on, not without sympathy, "you've always made the right decisions. Not necessarily the easiest ones. The right ones. Don't mess that up now, when you're facing what's probably the most important decision you'll ever have to make.

  Meg Cabot

  Dad, Decision, Important

  Meg Cabot (2009). “Heaven Sent”, p.114, Pan Macmillan

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• You're bored, aren't you.' 'I need constant distraction. Shall we go?' 'Uh, aren't you supposed to delegate responsibility or something? If you're not here, who's in charge?' Skulduggery looked around and pointed to a sorcerer at the far side of the cemetery. 'He is.' 'Who is he?' 'Don't know. He looks like leadership material, though, doesn't he?' 'Does he?' 'He's wearing a hat.' 'And that means he's a leader?' 'Leaders wear hats. It's to keep the rain off while we make important decisions. He'll do fine.' 'Shouldn't you tell him that he's in charge?' 'And spoil the surprise?

  Derek Landy

  Rain, Mean, Responsibility

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• You are now at a crossroads. This is your opportunity to make the most important decision you will ever make. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Don't think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Dream

  "Awaken The Giant Within". Book by Tony Robbins, 1991.

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• It might sound naive to suggest that whether you order a chicken patty or a veggie burger is a profoundly important decision. Then again, it certainly would have sounded fantastic if in the 1950's you were told that where you sat in a restaurant or on a bus could begin to uproot racism.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Order, Racism, Decision

  "Eating Animals". Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, 2009.

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• Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from defensive to offsensive, Germany lost the air war. I made that decision and it was my most important decision during World War II. As you can imagine, the bomber crews were upset. The fighter pilots were ecstatic.

  Jimmy Doolittle

  Military, War, Air

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• Each person decides in early childhood how he will live and how he will die... His trivial behavior may be decided by reason, but his important decisions have already been made: what kind of person he will marry, how many children he will have, what kind of bed he will die in... It is incredible to think, at first, that man's fate, all his nobility and all his degradation, is decided by a child no more than six years old, and usually three... (but) it is very easy to believe by looking at what is happening in the world today, and what happened yesterday, and seeing what will happen tomorrow.

  Eric Berne

  Children, Believe, Fate

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• The individual always realizes only one of the possibilities in his development, which could always have taken a different turning whenever he had to make an important decision.

  Wilhelm Dilthey

  Taken, Decision, Important

  "Meaning in history: W. Dilthey's thoughts on history and society".

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• When there is conflict between what God requires and the demands of the government, each of us has an important decision to make concerning taxes.

  Tony Campolo

  Government, Decision, Important

  Shane Claiborne, Tony Campolo (2012). “Red Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?”, p.187, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• For the most important decisions in your life, trust your intuition, and then work with everything you have, to prove it right.

  Tim Cook

  Graduation, Passion, Decision

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• Faith isn't knowledge, Rachel. Faith is a tool. Faith keeps us going until we get the knowledge. Faith keeps us striving until we reach the consequences of our most important decisions.

  Brandon Mull

  Decision, Important, Tools

  Brandon Mull (2013). “Brandon Mull's Beyonders Trilogy: A World Without Heroes; Seeds of Rebellion; Chasing the Prophecy”, p.1121, Simon and Schuster

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