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Quotes About Decision
By peace | June 18, 2006
A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one. ~Rita Mae Brown
When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice. ~William James
It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are. ~Roy Disney
Choices are the hinges of destiny. ~Edwin Markham
Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong. ~Lord Mansfield
Some persons are very decisive when it comes to avoiding decisions. ~Brendan Francis
When one bases his life on principle, 99 percent of his decisions are already made. ~Author Unknown
You’ve got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you’re not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice. ~Steven D. Woodhull
Life is the sum of all your choices. ~Albert Camus
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn. ~David Russell
Although every man believes that his decisions and resolutions involve the most multifarious factors, in reality they are mere oscillation between flight and longing. ~Herman Broch
Indecision becomes decision with time. ~Author Unknown
The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. ~Flora Whittemore
In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. ~T.S. Eliot
Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions. ~Author Unknown
Reconsider, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made. ~Ambrose Bierce
The inability to make a decision has often been passed off as patience. ~Author Unknown
Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do. ~Denis Waitley
Facts About Decisions
Decision making is the study of identifying and choosing alternatives based on the values and preferences of the decision maker. Making a decision implies that there are alternative choices to be considered, and in such a case we want not only to identify as many of these alternatives as possible but to choose the one that best fits with our goals, desires, lifestyle, values, and so on.
Decision making is the process of sufficiently reducing uncertainty and doubt about alternatives to allow a reasonable choice to be made from among them. This definition stresses the information gathering function of decision making. It should be noted here that uncertainty is reduced rather than eliminated.
Decision is the cognitive process leading to the selection a course of action among alternatives. Every decision-making process produces a final choice called decision. It can be an action or an opinion. It begins when we need to do something but we do not know what. Therefore, decision-making is a reasoning process which can be rational or irrational, and can be based on explicit assumptions or tacit assumptions. Common examples include, deciding what to eat, and deciding whom or what to vote for in an election or referendum.
Decision making is said to be a psychological construct. This means that although we can never “see” a decision, we can infer from observable behaviour that a decision has been made. Therefore, we conclude that a psychological event that we call “decision making” has occurred. It is a construction that imputes commitment to action. That is, based on observable actions, we assume that people have made a commitment to affect the action.
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