Making Decisions Quotes

“It is easy to use the phrase 'God's will for my life' as an excuse for inaction or even disobedience. ... My hope is that instead of searching for 'God's will for my life' each of us would learn to seek hard after 'the Spirit's leading in my life today.' May we learn to pray for an open and willing heart, to surrender to the Spirit's leading with that friend, child, spouse, circumstance, or decision in our lives right now.”
― Francis Chan, Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit

“We are the sum total of the decisions we have made.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri

“Man is essentially 'finite freedom'; freedom not in the sense of indeterminacy but in the sense of being able to determine himself through decisions in the center of his being. Man, as finite freedom, is free within the contingencies of his finitude. But within these limits he is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become, to fulfill his destiny.”
― Paul Tillich, The Courage to Be

“When you’re faced with a choice, choose to inspire, choose to empower, choose to stand for those who have lost the will to stand for themselves.”
― Orly Wahba, Kindness Boomerang: How to Save the World (and Yourself) Through 365 Daily Acts

“Don't make such decisions whose bad results make you look like you are your own enemy.”
― Amit Kalantri

“You don't need fear to make a decision for you. Let your heart make the decision. It's because you have love in your heart, that you act on it. Don't do things so you can avoid something that you fear. Do things because you have love to give. Where is your focus? Are you heart-centered in your intentions? Focus on love and love is what you shall receive in return. Whenever you give something, always give it from your heart. If there's no heart behind the intention, don't give it at all. No one wants to receive a gift that comes with a bitter taste.”
― Jason Micheal Ratliff

“Don't be blurred by impulse, to avoid regrets, refrain from doing things that will make you regret.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“The next day round about ten o'clock I was walking down Welbeck Street. I was in a bad temper. By daylight the whole project seemed very much less attractive. I felt that to be snubbed by a film star would put me in a bad state of mind for months. But I regarded the matter as something which had been decided and which now simply had to be carried out. I often used this method for deciding difficult cases. In stage one I entertain the thing purely as a hypothesis, and in stage two I count my stage one thinking as a fixed decision on which there is no going back. I recommend this technique to any of you who are not good at making decisions.”
― Iris Murdoch, Under the Net

“At the critical juncture in all human relationships, there is only one question:

What would love do now?

No other question is relevant, no other question is meaningful, no other question has any importance to your soul.”
― Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1

“I should go into advertising or public relations because if there is someone or something I like, I will promote it like it’s the cure for whatever ailment is in your life. If I love you, I want you to love what I love. Consider yourself smitten or else, suffer hearing me talk about it nonstop…until you also love it.”
― Katie Kiesler, 22 and Single

“Serious matters, especially those involving God, should never be decided upon without invoking God.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“When you come to a fork in the road, and you're not sure whether to go left or go right, just go left. And then you'll very quickly figure out if that's the wrong way, and then you can go right. You'll still be quicker than the guy who's standing there trying to plan at the fork of the road.”
― Henry Chong

“Not making a decision is making a decision.”
― Louise Miller, The City Baker's Guide to Country Living

“Life is lived upwards then onwards, not onwards then upwards – the order makes the difference.”
― S. E. Entsua-Mensah

“Having made a decision to do something, it is essential to surround yourself with something that will remind you about the decision you have made.”
― Sunday Adelaja

“She chose the attractive room, not noticing the cloven hoof exposed beneath the ornate curtains. That decision has surely haunted her every day since, finally catching up to her.”
― K. Martin Beckner, A Million Doorways

“But in order to give yourself the space to receive clarity, maybe you need to let go of the expectation that clarity will come in a particular way or at a particular time. This could be difficult, especially if you’re not used to holding so much in your heart all at once without being able to move on it.”
― Emily P. Freeman, The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions

“When we weren’t sure what to do next, we decided to intentionally gather a few people whom we loved in our house to listen to us say words and then see what they had to say back to us.”
― Emily P. Freeman, The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions

“Dear Daughter,
Learn to master the art of patience when the solution is not at your doorstep. Patience can help you avoid making decisions that you later regret.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, Dear Daughter: Short and Sweet Messages for a Queen