It is not always what we know or analyzed before we make a decision that makes it a great decision. It is what we do after we make the decision to implement and execute it that makes it a good decision.
So yes, European decision making is not pretty. But it does work.
The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.
The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.
We can't retract the decisions we've made, we can only affect the decisions we're going to make from here.
What is necessary is never unwise.
Will no man ever do something without a why, just like that, for the hell of it?
Maybe don't make it so.
They don't make you what you are, you do. You are what you choose to be.
I believe in evidence-based decision making. I want to know what the facts are.
Impossible to see, the future is.
Decision-making is a skill. Wisdom is a leadership trait.
Under our [constitutional system] - either we're going to have to rethink our Constitution, or we're going to have to rethink our process of decision-making.
One comes to a decision based on what one wants, not based on what one doesn't want. Got it?
My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are cheap; you make them because they're right.
Design is nothing if not decision making.
Public decision-making does not lend itself to certitude.
The only certainty is uncertainty
Courage and confidence are what decision making is all about.
Every time you make a decision, you mess with someone's life.
Decisions can be a major challenge for all of us...
Look down from as high as possible. Look ahead as far as you can see. Then decide what to do.
I'm on the verge of taking a stand.
Plan B. You've always got to have a Plan B.
You can't choose between right and wrong by taking a census.
The Public ... demands certainties ... But there are not certainties
Decision making is the specific executive task.
What you can do, or think you can, begin it.