Emotions are powerful, but they also change as quick as the wind. That's why the Lord says to renew your mind. Don't base decisions on what you feel.
But in the areas that matter most, a burst of energy and activity cannot reverse the consequences that accompany a season of neglect.
Without feelings insignificant decisions become excruciating attempts to compare endless arrays of inconsequential things. It's just easier to handle those with emotions.
Do you want to know why men name their penis? So the most important decisions in their life aren't made by a stranger.
Would they retreat or move forward? Could they do this thing they were on the verge of doing? Did they have it in them to make a wrong decision just because it felt right?
It was ridiculous to think that twelve people could “turn off’ all their biases and prejudices and make a logical decision based on the evidence they were allowed to hear in the trial.
Literature is an ethical leap. It is a moral decision. A perilous exercise in constant failure. Literature should have grievances, because there are so many grievances in the world.
How strange that something so simple could have been instrumental in my decision to ruin one of my most relationships and friendships, and damage another.
The world can ask you to participate, but it's a day-today decision if you want to agree to that proposal.
Everyone on the Internet is talking about television and everyone on television is talking about the Internet. The whole damn thing is a self-licking ice cream cone and you're blaming me?
You were brought to where you are standing now because the decisions you took some time back have held you by your hands and dragged you this far.
You have to make the decision to let go of the past if you want to move forward.
Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need.
The most purely free decision one can make—and thus, the highest order of spirit on Earth—is believing in something without evidential knowledge.
...but it is good to be several floors up in the dead of night wondering whether you are any good or not and the only decision you can make is that you did it...
One thing I've learned: we don't stumble accidentally into an amazing life. It takes decision, a commitment to consistently work on ourselves.
Your knowledge is not a substitute for your passion. No matter how knowledgeable you are, when laziness takes the lead in your daily decisions, your knowledge becomes valueless!
Why are we asked to make the most important decisions of our lives when we are so young, and so prone to mistakes?
Your impact on the lives of others--your family, the people at your church, your workmates--is cultivated with each decision you make, no matter how small.
Your decision not to join the crowd may be what God is waiting for to grant you revelation on how to deliver your family, your country, business, profession or even your church!
You can't stay here any more. My fears have been irrational and they've forced me to make unwise decisions and accept the unacceptable.
