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"No one is promiscuous in his way of dying. A man who has decided to hang himself will never jump in front of a train."	Amos Bronson Alcott
"The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret."	Henri-Frédéric Amiel
"We can all be angels to one another. We can choose to obey the still small stirring within, the little whisper that says, 'Go. Ask. Reach out. Be an answer to someone's plea. You have a part to play. Have faith.' We can decide to risk that He is indeed there, watching, caring, cherishing us as we love and accept love. The world will be a better place for it. And wherever they are, the angels will dance."	Joan Wester Anderson
"The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react."	Gloria Anzaldua
"No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. . ."	Isaac Asimov
"You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can decide how you're going to live now."	Joan Baez
"A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday."	Russell Wayne Baker
"The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil."	Georges Bataille
"Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense."	Thomas Arnold Bennett
"Good plans shape good decisions. That's why good planning helps to make elusive dreams come true."	Lester R(obert) Bittel
"It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own."	Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves."	Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Change is the end result of all true learning. Change involves three things: First, a dissatisfaction with self-a felt void or need; second, a decision to change-to fill the void or need; and third, a conscious dedication to the process of growth and change-the willful act of making the change; Doing Something."	Dr.
"How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone."	Coco Chanel
"Indecision regarding the choice among pleasures temporarily robs a man of inner peace. After due reflection, he attains joy by turning away from the lower pleasures and seeking the higher ones."	I Ching
"As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss."	Noam Chomsky
"There is no reason to accept the doctrines crafted to sustain power and privilege, or to believe that we are constrained by mysterious and unknown social laws. These are simply decisions made within institutions that are subject to human will and that must face the test of legitimacy. And if they do not meet the test, they can be replaced by other institutions that are more free and more just, as has happened often in the past."	Noam Chomsky
"I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision."	Barber B. Conable, Jr
"Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision."	Barber B. Conable, Jr
"Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices and decisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to cultivate higher, more effective ones."	Stephen R. Covey
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