Decision

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I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind if I have to make a decision. This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, looking deep into myself, taking the necessary time. The wisdom of discernment redeems the necessary ambiguity of life and helps us find the most appropriate means, which do not always coincide with what looks great and strong.

A Big Heart Open to God: A Conversation with Pope Francis
Never make a decision when you need to pee.

Beautiful Losers
Our decisions are to a much greater extent dependent on our desire to conform to the standards of our class and environment than we are inclined to admit. A considerable proportion of our reasoning is merely an automatic function, so to speak, of influences and impressions which have become part of us...

Beware of Pity
I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion.
A wrong decision isn't forever; it can always be reversed. The losses from a delayed decision are forever; they can never be retrieved.

A Life in our Times (1981)
Ever dumb thing I ever done in my life there was a decision I made before that got me into it. It was never the dumb thing. It was always some choice I'd made before it.

All the Pretty Horses
It is only in our decisions that we are important
The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides
Consult is to seek approval for a course of action already decided upon
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide
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