Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because read more

Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because we are driven into a corner and must say somethign. - Essays.

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a decision.

We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a decision.

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with read more

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?.

Everything starts with yourself -- with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. read more

Everything starts with yourself -- with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. I tell kids that it's a cruel world, and that the world will bend them either left or right, and it's up to them to decide which way to bend.

The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.

The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.

Decisiveness is often the art of timely cruelty.

Decisiveness is often the art of timely cruelty.

I can bring you to the door, but you have to walk through.

I can bring you to the door, but you have to walk through.

I hate to see things done by halves. If it be right, do it boldly, if it be wrong leave read more

I hate to see things done by halves. If it be right, do it boldly, if it be wrong leave it undone.