Quotes with deciding

  • One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.

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  • Viktor E. Frankl A human being is a deciding being.
    Viktor E. Frankl
    Austrian psychiatrist (1905 - 1997)
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  • Bill Dedman A 'Globe' examination found that Boston police officers exercise broad discretion when deciding whether to issue a ticket.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Bill Copeland Before deciding to retire, stay home for a week and watch the daytime TV shows.
    Bill Copeland
    American poet, writer and historian (1946 - 2010)
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  • Buzz Aldrin Before deciding what to do about national space policy, Obama set up an outside review panel of space experts, headed up by my friend Norm Augustine, former head of Lockheed Martin and a former government official.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Carrie Vaughn Have a picture in mind of the kind of career you want, the kind of writer you want to be. This will help you make tough decisions when you reach crossroads - choosing an agent, deciding to accept deals.
    Carrie Vaughn
    American writer (1973 - )
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  • Benny Blanco I'm not deciding what the artist is going to write about because it's the artist. They're gonna have to sing that song for the rest of their life. When they're old and they're 80 and they have their show in Vegas, they're gonna have to sing that song for the rest of their life.
    Benny Blanco
    American record producer, DJ, songwriter (1988 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.
    Saint Joan (1924)
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Meg Greenfield Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.
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  • Anthony Robbins One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Bob Schieffer One thing young people have to always keep in mind when deciding what they want to do with their lives is, is it fun? Is it something that I'm interested in? Is it something I enjoy?
    Bob Schieffer
    American television journalist (1937 - )
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  • Barbara Boxer Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Tom Landry Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
    Tom Landry
    American football player and coach (1924 - 2000)
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  • B. W. Powe The corporatist-economic model of society appears to be governing us. Economists, often in the pay of transnationals, are deciding, for us, what democracy is, and will be.
    Towards A Canada of Light Letter To Those In power, p. 83
    B. W. Powe
    Canadian poet, novelist and teacher (1955 - )
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  • Plato The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Benjamin N. Cardozo The work of deciding cases goes on every day in hundreds of courts throughout the land. Any judge, one might suppose, would find it easy to describe the process which he had followed a thousand times and more. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
    Benjamin N. Cardozo
    American lawyer and jurist (1870 - 1938)
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  • Carl Hiaasen When I'm deciding to read a book, I never open to the first chapter, because that's been revised and worked over 88 times. I'll just turn to the middle of the book, to the middle of a chapter, and just read a random page and I'll know right away whether this is the real deal or not.
    Carl Hiaasen
    American writer, author and journalist (1953 - )
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  • Bobby Scott While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.
    Bobby Scott
    American politician (1947 - )
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  • Bernie S. Siegel You can survive tough situations and even turn them to your advantage by acting as if you are the person you want to be. When you act like that person, you can become that person. The hard parts are deciding whom you want to become, being willing to rehearse until you become that person, and forgiving yourself until you do.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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  • John G. Pollard Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting someone else to do the work.
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