Making decisions is a part of every day life as you will see from the following decision quotes. The choices you make on a day to day basis will affect how your life will turn out. In other words, your future is just an accumulation of all of the choices that you make throughout life. This means that if you don’t like where your life seems to be headed, you could change it simply by making better decision.
“Where you end up doesn’t depend on where you start; it depends on which direction you choose to take from where you currently stand.”
– Kevin Ngo
“A person can make a decision in three ways: positively, negatively, or a decision not to make a decision. In all cases, a person is responsible for, and reaps the benefits or problems associated with that decision.”
~Thomas D. Willhite~
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.”
~Johann Von Goethe~
“We can choose how we want to feel, by choosing how we behave. WE FEEL THE WAY WE BEHAVE. So if you don’t like the way you feel, then change your behavior.”
~Thomas D. Willhite~
“The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.”
~unknown~
“Are you one of the few who writes his own destiny? I hope so. I hope you will have the joy and thrill of waking up to a day you create the way you choose to create it. To me this is happiness: not wealth nor power nor fame but, instead, the inner strength to say, “I did it my way…and am glad for it.”
~Thomas D. Willhite~
“How true Daddy’s words were when he said: all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.”
~Anne Frank~
“Stop looking at life through a keyhole…open the door to opportunity…get involved, and CREATE the YOU that you CHOOSE to become.”
~Thomas D. Willhite~
“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.”
~Ben Stein~
“Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.”
~Stephen R. Covey~
“Every choice you make has an end result.”
~Zig Ziglar~
“If you are looking for yourself, believe me, you will never find “you” because you are what you believe you can become. You, and you alone CREATE your own identity.”
~Thomas D. Willhite~
“If you were granted one wish, and only one, what would it be? Of all things…wealth, power, wisdom, love, liberty…what would you choose? This may seem fanciful; not so, IT IS REALITY. What you choose to think about, to concentrate on with all your mental power, will, indeed, become a reality. So choose carefully.”
~Thomas D. Willhite~
“You’ve got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you’re not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice.”
~Steven D. Woodhull~
“If you want happiness, create it now. Find the joy and beauty of this moment. Give yourself permission to be happy now. Give yourself permission to be beautiful now. Decide at this moment to be a leader, and you have become one. It can be that fast. “Taking responsibility” is not difficult. It is the “deciding to take responsibility” that is hard.”
~Thomas D. Willhite~
“It’s choice – not chance – that determines your destiny.”
~Jean Nidetch~
“A person can make a decision in three ways: positively, negatively, or a decision not to make a decision. In all cases, a person is responsible for, and reaps the benefits or problems associated with that decision.”
~Thomas D. Willhite~
“Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from something. Where are your choices taking your life? What do your behaviors demonstrate that you are saying yes or no to in life?”
~Eric Allenbaugh~
“Listen to your I AM’s. You are your I AM’s – the ones you feel in your gut. And the moment that you say, “I refuse to listen to my limitations any more; I refuse to be this or that; I am happier; I am healthier; I am more open; I am more trusting,” you start becoming that way.”
~Thomas D. Willhite~
“I found every single successful person I’ve ever spoken to had a turning point. The turning point was when they made a clear, specific unequivocal decision that they were not going to live like this anymore; they were going to achieve success. Some people make that decision at 15 and some people make it at 50,and most people never make it all.”
~Brian Tracy~
“Do not be afraid to make decisions. Decision-making is all important. The more decisions you make, the more accurate you will become.”
~Thomas D. Willhite~
“Every second we choose to nourish ourselves in a way that supports or depletes our lives, and to think and speak about other people in a way that is honoring or dishonoring. What choice are you going to make today.”
~Gregg Braden~
“You’ve got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you’re not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice.”
~Steven D. Woodhull~
“Taking responsibility” is not hard; it is the “deciding to” take responsibility that is hard.
~Thomas D. Willhite~
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