Top 200 Quotes for Better Decisions (2025 Update)
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51. “Decisions determine destiny.”

— Thomas S. Monson

52. “After every mistake, we need to understand that we can look back and learn-so that we can move forward with confidence and avoid making the same mistake again.”

— Zig Ziglar

53. “Win-win is a belief in the Third Alternative. It’s not your way or my way; it’s a better way, a higher way.”

— Stephen R. Covey

54. “It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.”

— Roy Disney

55. “Ten years from now, make sure you can say that you CHOSE your life, you didn’t SETTLE for it.”

— Mandy Hale

56. “Think deeply about things. Don’t just go along because that’s the way things are or that’s what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the alternatives, but most importantly, just think.”

— Aaron Swartz

57. “The choices you make today design your future.”

— Deepak Chopra

58. “Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.”

— Confucius

59. “The future is in your hands, the outcome is up to you.”

— Thomas S. Monson

60. “The difference between a good business and a bad business is that good businesses throw up one easy decision after another. The bad businesses throw up painful decisions time after time.”

— Charlie Munger

61. “If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control – myself.”

— Stephen R. Covey

62. “Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say.”

— Napoleon Hill

63. “I’m not emotional about investments. Investing is something where you have to be purely rational and not let emotion affect your decision making – just the facts.”

— Bill Ackman

64. “We always have a choice.”

— Tony Robbins

65. “Decisions decide destiny, there is no action without decision.”

— Tony Robbins

66. “The cause of most of man’s unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

67. “Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.”

— Jordan B. Peterson

68. “The worst of all human ailments: indecision.”

— Napoleon Hill

69. “Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organisation and the country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant. Knowledge with action, converts adversity into prosperity.”

— Abdul Kalam

70. “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

71. “Always focus on the front windshield and not the rearview mirror.”

— Colin Powell

72. “Long range planning does not deal with future decisions, but with the future of present decisions.”

— Peter F. Drucker

73. “Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions.”

— Tony Robbins

74. “We’re all flawed heroes. Responsibility is power. Take responsibility for the consequences of your actions, and the world is yours. Everything is a choice.”

— Tom Hiddleston

75. “Every decision you make reflects your evaluation of who you are.”

— Marianne Williamson

76. “At any moment the decision you make can change the course of your life forever.”

— Tony Robbins

77. “It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not.”

— Randy Pausch

78. “When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

79. “Control your thoughts. Decide about that which you will think and concentrate upon. You are in charge of your life to the degree you take charge of your thoughts.”

— Earl Nightingale

80. “Every positive change in your life begins with a clear, unequivocaldecision that you are going to either do something or stop doing something.”

— Brian Tracy

81. “Build confidence and momentum with each good decision you make from here on out and choose to be inspired.”

— Joe Rogan

82. “Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.”

— Charlie Munger

83. “You have a brain and mind of your own. Use it, and reach your own decisions.”

— Napoleon Hill

84. “Busy is a choice. Stress is a choice. Joy is a choice. Choose well.”

— Ann Voskamp

85. “If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.”

— Seneca the Younger

86. “Let’s work the problem, people. Let’s not make things worse by guessing.”

— Gene Kranz

87. “Nothing happens until you decide. Make a decision and watch your life move forward.”

— Oprah Winfrey

88. “Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.”

— Potter Stewart

89. “Respond; don’t react. Listen; don’t talk. Think; don’t assume.”

— Raji Lukkoor

90. “Decision is the ultimate power. Decisions shape destiny.”

— Tony Robbins

91. “Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.”

— William Arthur Ward

92. “A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

93. “Your legacy is being written by yourself. Make the right decisions.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

94. “Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make in life.”

— Jeff Bezos

95. “Do what is meaningful, not what is expedient.”

— Jordan B. Peterson

96. “A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

97. “If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.”

— Stephen R. Covey

98. “In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions.”

— Carlos Castaneda

99. “Each day is a day of decision, and our decisions determine our destiny.”

— Russell M. Nelson

100. “There is a better way for everything. Find it.”

— Thomas A. Edison