You make 35,000 decisions each day.
But what if you became 10% better at making them?
What about 25%?
50%?
Here are 100 of the best decision quotes I could find.
What’s my goal?
To help you make better decisions and ultimately improve your life.
You’ll discover authors like Jordan Peterson, Maya Angelou, Tony Robbins, and many more.
Enjoy!
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood. Voltaire
The quality of your life ultimately depends on quality of your decisions. Ray Dalio (Source)
It’s the smallest decisions that can change your life forever. Gary Goodridge (Source)
The worst decision of all is none. Jordan Peterson
Your legacy is being written by yourself. Make the right decisions. Gary Vaynerchuk
Better decisions follow better judgment. Better judgments follow long-term vision. Maxime Lagacé
You are only one defining decision away from a totally different life. Mark Batterson
Decision is the ultimate power. Decisions shape destiny. Tony Robbins
Don’t mourn over your bad decisions. Just start overcoming them with good ones. Joyce Meyer
The best decisions aren’t made with your mind, but with your instinct. Lionel Messi
Indecision is eventually a decision. Angela Jiang (Source)
The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions. Wesley Snipes (Source)
What you are not changing, you are choosing. Unknown
Wisdom starts when you no longer need short-term rewards. Maxime Lagacé
Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life. Jerzy Gregorek
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More Great Quotes About Decisions
One day, or day one, you decide. Unknown
Every decision you make reflects your evaluation of who you are. Marianne Williamson
Effective decision-making can be seen as an optimal link between memory of the past, ground-realities of the present and insights of the future. Amit Ray
Two things determine how your life will turn out: luck and the quality of your decisions. Annie Duke (Source)
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
Some people make bad choices, but that doesn’t make them bad people. Gary Goodridge
A happy, calm, and peaceful person will make better decisions. Naval Ravikant
More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Cicero
Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach. Tony Robbins
Decisions are nothing without execution. Shane Parrish (Source)
Most people are either good at thinking with a 10 year time horizon or operating with the urgency of a 10 day time horizon. Extremely powerful if you can do both. Sam Altman
Ask yourself at every moment: is this necessary? Marcus Aurelius
You are the manifestation of every decision you’ve ever made. A decision today determines who you are tomorrow. Matthew Kobach
Don’t make decisions out of fear. Don’t make them out of greed, either. Naval Ravikant
A good decision starts with short-term pain and ends with long-term benefits. Maxime Lagacé
When making any major life decision, remember: If it’s not a “Fuck Yes;” then it’s a “No.” Mark Manson
Spend more time making the big decisions. Naval Ravikant
There are basically three really big decisions you make in your early life: where you live, who you’re with, and what you’re doing. Naval Ravikant
Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free. Paul Tillich
A good rule of thumb: if a decision is not permanent, it’s better to move too fast. If a decision is permanent, it’s better to move too slow. Mark Manson (Source)
Clear priorities simplify decision-making. Maxime Lagacé
Your biography is not your destiny, your decisions are. Tony Robbins
If you don’t say yes in the first 5 minutes, say no. Shane Parrish
Don’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore before you decide to be happy. Autumn Wilson
All decisions are bets. Annie Duke (Thinking In Bets, Amazon book)
Every choice you make is a step toward or away from the person you want to become. No single choice will get you where you want to go. Only repeated steps over time in the same direction will move you forward. Shane Parrish
Fear is a sensation. Courage is a decision. Andrew Huberman
The easy choice in the moment almost always makes the future harder. The hard choice almost always makes the future easier. Shane Parrish (Source)
A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided. Tony Robbins
At the start of a decision, intuition is unreliable. The patterns you’ve detected in the past might not apply to the present. After you’ve weighed the decision, intuition becomes useful. It adds valuable information that your analysis might have missed. Adam Grant (Source)
A peaceful mind makes better decisions. Naval Ravikant
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories instead of theories to suit facts. Arthur Conan Doyle
A simple question to run your daily decisions through: Will this cost me time in the future or save me time in the future? James Clear
Systemize your decision making. Ray Dalio (wikipedia.org)
Raising the probability of being right is valuable no matter what your probability of being right already is. Ray Dalio
If you’re good at course correcting, being wrong may be less costly than you think. Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
Think of every decision as a bet with a probability and a reward for being right and a probability and a penalty for being wrong. Ray Dalio
Money loves speed. Wealth loves time. Poverty loves indecision. Alex Hormozi
Decide who you want to be, and then do that work. Ryan Holiday
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. Tony Robbins
Sincerely believe that you might not know the best possible path and recognize that your ability to deal well with “not knowing” is more important than whatever it is you do know. Ray Dalio
Science is about observables; decisions, risk, life, profits and wisdom are about unobservables. Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Source)
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone. Naval Ravikant (Source)
The more reversible decisions you make, the fewer perfect decisions you need. James Clear
Authenticity is more than speaking. Authenticity is also about doing. Every decision we make says something about who we are. Simon Sinek
If the cost to undo the decision is low, make it as soon as possible. Shane Parrish (Clear Thinking)
The thing that cowardice fears most is decision. Søren Kierkegaard
Often the best decisions have no immediate payoff. The best choices tend to compound. Most of the benefits come at the end, not the beginning. The more patient you are, the bigger the payoff. Shane Parrish
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Maya Angelou
There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And it’s only reward is that it’s easy. Unknown
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. Stephen R. Covey
The most difficult thing is the decision to act! Amelia Earhart
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. Peter F. Drucker
You and only you are responsible for your life choices and decisions. Robert T. Kiyosaki
You cannot make progress without making decisions. Jim Rohn
Amateurs make decisions in committees so there is no one person responsible if things go wrong. Professionals make decisions as individuals and accept responsibility. Shane Parrish
Hard decisions become harder, not easier, with time. Waiting creates its own inertia. The longer you wait the harder it gets. The sooner you act, the higher the returns. Shane Parrish
Related: How to Make Smart Decisions Without Getting Lucky (fs.blog)
Reversible decisions should be made as soon as possible. Irreversible decisions should be made as late as possible. Shane Parrish
The quality of a single decision isn’t determined by the outcome. However, the aggregation of results over time indicates the quality of the process by which you make decisions. Shane
Good decision makers understand a simple truth: you can’t make good decisions without good thinking and good thinking requires time to think. If you want to think better, schedule time to think. Shane Parrish
When considering options, watch your heart rate. Shane Parrish
Look for win-win decisions. If someone absolutely has to lose, you’re likely not thinking hard enough or you need to make structural/environmental changes. Shane Parrish
Avoid things the best version of yourself will regret. Shane Parrish
Focus on collecting feedback to calibrate your ability to make this decision. Shane Parrish
A good life is the fruit of a succession of good decisions. Alain de Botton
Related: How to make a decision (6-minute YouTube video by The School Of Life)
The rule of 5. Think about what the decision looks like 5 days, 5 weeks, 5 months, 5 years, 5 decades. Shane Parrish (Source)
Too much information increases confidence not accuracy. Shane Parrish
Avoiding stupidity is easier than seeking brilliance. Shane Parrish
Sleepless nights get a bad rap. Some of the most important decisions or realizations come from nights when you can’t sleep. Jack Altman
Whenever I spend time with someone who is quick to make decisions, iterate, and digest feedback, I assume they will eventually be very successful. Jack Altman
Good decisions are made by groups, great decisions are made by individuals. When risk mitigation is the key, committees work well. When upside creation is the goal, the smaller the circle the better. Jack Altman
The chief enemy of good decisions is a lack of sufficient perspectives on a problem. Alain de Botton
Never make a permanent decision based on a temporary emotion. Unknown
Conclusion
If all things are equal take the road less travelled. Shane Parrish
Key Takeaways
- Want a better life? Learn to make better decisions.
- How to make great decisions?
- Be calm
- Be happy
- Think long-term
- Schedule time to think
- Write (clear writing involves clear thinking)
- You can change your destiny by changing your decisions, even the tiniest.
- Having regrets over bad decisions is useless. Learn to move forward quickly.
- An easy way to avoid bad decisions? Avoid short-term rewards.
Further Readings (For Wisdom And Life Lessons)
- Topic: Life
- 100 Life Quotes To Transform Your Life Today
- 91 Of The Best Stoic Quotes (For A Better Life)
- 115 Philosophy Quotes From The Best Philosophers
- 78 Conscience Quotes To Improve Your Inner World
- 89 Time Quotes (Profound, Important, Inspiring)
- 90 Freedom Quotes To Inspire Liberty And Independence
- 77 Life Lessons Quotes (To Learn And Grow)
- 21 Life-Changing Questions To Ask Yourself Today
- 73 Life Tips To Live Your Best Life
- Simple Living: 30 Ways To Simplify Your Life
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Do you have a hard time deciding? What’s your favorite decision quote? And remember: words can transform your life, if you find the right ones.
