Difficult Decisions Quotes

• In all the difficult decisions that I made through the course of running Loudcloud and Opsware, I never once felt brave. In fact, I often felt scared to death. I never lost those feelings, but after much practice, I learned to ignore them. That learning process might also be called the courage development process.

  Ben Horowitz

  Running, Practice, Decision

  "The Fine Line Between Fear and Courage". www.businessinsider.com. August 8, 2011.

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• Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way.

  Laura Bush

  Country, War, Men

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• When you’re taking the country through difficult times and difficult decisions you’ve got to take the country with you. That means permanently trying to make the argument that what you’re doing is fair and seen to be fair.

  David Cameron

  Country, Mean, Decision

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• It always pays off to focus on things that will make you feel proud. Remember this during every difficult decision you face.

  Richard Branson

  Focus, Decision, Faces

  "The Richard Branson Interview". Interview with Sabian Phippen, theworldly.co.uk. February 21, 2015.

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• Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Freedom, War, 4th Of July

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• The most difficult thing is the decision to act!

  Amelia Earhart

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "The Official Website of Amelia Earhart/ Quotes". www.ameliaearhart.com.

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• I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business.

  Donald Trump

  Success, Running, Business

  Ken Lawrence, Donald Trump (2005). “The World According to Trump: An Unauthorized Portrait in His Own Words”, p.100, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• At a time when we're having to take such difficult decisions about how to cut back without damaging the things that matter the most, we should strain every sinew to cut error, waste and fraud.

  David Cameron

  Cutting, Errors, Hype

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• What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

  Elia Kazan

  Business, Decision, Way

  Elia Kazan, William Baer (2000). “Elia Kazan: Interviews”, p.161, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I do think that despite my best efforts to resist it, I am now a grown-up. It's due to lots of very difficult decisions that you make over a long period of time - about motherhood, wifehood, and work, and all the things that one has to make decisions about.

  Emma Thompson

  Motherhood, Thinking, Best Effort

  "Between Friends". Interview with Jenny Allen, www.goodhousekeeping.com. July 7, 2010.

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• I’ve had to make the difficult decision to follow my intuition, and allow myself the space and time to explore my true purpose in life.

  Larry Sanders

  Space, Decision, Intuition

  "Why I Walked Away From the NBA (Video)" by Larry Sanders, www.theplayerstribune.com. February 25, 2015.

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• I know the difference between right and wrong, and I can tell good from bad. But I also know that the more difficult decisions come when we have to choose between good and better. The toughest calls of all are those we have to make between bad and worse.

  Oliver North

  Differences, Decision, Difficult

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• Presidents don't have the benefit of hindsight. You have to make difficult decisions based on the information that's before you at that moment.

  Marco Rubio

  Decision, President, Benefits

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• It's really not a difficult decision when you reflect on it, ... The situation is just so tenuous with where it's going to hit. You don't want to take any chances.

  John Henry Newman

  Reflection, Decision, Want

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• The time has come to make the difficult decision. Charity begins at home. We can no longer afford to rebuild Afghanistan and America. We must choose. And I choose America.

  Joe Manchin

  Home, America, Decision

  "Hardball with Chris Matthews", www.nbcnews.com. June 21, 2011.

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• As much as I'd like to think I'm an expert in quarterbacks I'm probably not. But, I think college quarterbacks are put in positions where they have to do a lot of the things that are done at the professional level. The collegiate quarterback probably does on average a little more running than a pro quarterback. But outside of that, I think they're faced with some of the same difficult decisions and choices.

  Ted Thompson

  Running, College, Thinking

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• The greatest decisions I've made in my life are by instinct. I remember when I hired Bill I had a lot of people telling me it was a mistake. But he and I had established a rapport in '96 when he coached the secondary. You need a coach that understands economics, that understands the impact of the salary cap and how to make those difficult decisions that allow you to sustain success over the long term. I don't think there's anyone better than Bill at doing that.

  Robert Kraft

  Mistake, Thinking, Impact

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• Deciding to get back together with someone is a complicated and difficult decision. Just remember that the person you are getting back together with is the same person who, not long before, looked you in your beautiful face, took full stock of you and all your qualities, and told you that he was no longer in need of your company.

  Greg Behrendt

  Beautiful, Long, Decision

  Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo (2009). “He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys”, p.99, Simon and Schuster

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• When you accept that you may fail, you can accomplish anything. Fear can be so debilitating. Every day I'm faced with difficult decisions, but losing the fear helps me make the right choices.

  Linda Kaplan Thaler

  Creativity, Choices, Decision

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• First, this is a great job, and i'm excited about it." "Second, i'm ambitious, but i can succeed almost everywhere." "What I can't do anywhere is be with you." "Choosing to be with you isn't a difficult decision, Jacqueline. It's easy. Incredibly easy.

  Tammara Webber

  Jobs, Decision, Ambitious

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• "Choosing to be with you, isn't a difficult decision, Jacqueline"... "It's easy. Incredibly easy."

  Tammara Webber

  Decision, Easy, Difficult

  "Easy". Book by Tammara Webber, May, 2012.

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• It is folly to believe that Congress and the president, on their own, will make the necessary and difficult decisions to address the impending financial debacle. After all, they and their predecessors engineered the approaching tsunami. As the situation becomes direr, the federal government's actions will grow more oppressive.

  Mark Levin

  Believe, Government, Congress And The President

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• Ignore them. They don't know what it is to make a difficult decision." "You wouldn't have done it, I bet." "That is only because I have been taught to be cautious when I don't know all the information, and you have been taught that risks can produce great rewards.

  Veronica Roth

  Decision, Risk, Done

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• But to procrastinate and prevaricate simply because you're afraid of erring, when others - I mean our brethren in Germany - must make infinitely more difficult decisions every day, seems to me almost to run counter to love. To delay or fail to make decisions may be more sinful than to make wrong decisions out of faith and love.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Running, Mean, Decision

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• When you know something is wrong for you, you have to make difficult decisions and trust your instincts.

  Michael Jackson

  Decision, Instinct, Difficult

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