Quotes about Decision-making

The way we respond to challenges determines the stories we'll tell one day. Your decision to trust God in life's storms may be one of the best ongoing choices you ever make.

We must discern what God calls us to accomplish rather than mindlessly adding on everything presented to us.

Just because opportunities present themselves doesn't mean you should accept every one of them. It's not realistic, and it's also not wise.

Feelings are much like waves. We can't stop them from coming, but we can choose which one to surf.

It's remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.

In my career, there have been roles I haven't taken because someone involved with the project gave me a bad vibe. I don't care how much money is on the table: No job is worth feeling uneasy every day.

You shut the door, you tell the boss exactly what you think. But when the door opens, the job of the vice president is to stand right next to the president and implement the policy that he's decided. And I'm prepared to do that.

Secretary of state is far superior to vice president, because it's involved in continuously solving problems and making policy and not being on standby.

Joy, I realized, isn't so much a circumstance you find yourself in but a choice you make.

The life of every human being on earth can depend on the experience, judgment, and vigilance of the person in the Oval Office.

Never allow a person to tell you NO who doesn't have the power to say YES.

President Bill Clinton tried to make that distinction. As a Christian, he said, he sought guidance on moral issues from the Bible. As president of the United States, though, he could not automatically propose that everything immoral should therefore be made illegal.