decision Quotes

The reason the United States is not so likely to invade Iran is precisely because of the lessons learned from Iraq. And conversely, the Iranian push towards nuclear capability is calculated to deter invasions like the kind deposing Saddam Husain.

If crime is going down, you shouldn't be increasing resources for crime prevention. Or you should be taking note of what has worked and concentrate the crime-prevention methods on policies that have a track record of success.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.

If an injustice requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the government machine.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

We are not living in a world where all roads are radii of a circle and where all, if followed long enough, will therefore draw gradually nearer and finally meet at the centre: rather in a world where every road, after a few miles, forks into two, and each of those into two again, and at each fork, you must make a decision.