#decisions

Can't it be stopped?" said Lina. She shifted around under her blanket, trying to find a place to sit where rocks weren't digging into her. Maybe it can be stopped at the beginning," Maddy said. "If someone sees what's happening and is brave enough to reverse the direction." Reverse the direction?" Yes, turn it around." How would you do that?" You'd do something good," said Maddy. "Or at least you'd keep yourself from doing something bad." But how could you?" said Lina. "When people have been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?" You wouldn't want to," said Maddy. "That's what makes it hard. you do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad. ↗

— Jeanne DuPrau

#decisions #inspirational #right #wrong #inspirational

Every day you face two important decisions: what effect you want your speech and actions to have on the world around you, and what impressions and vibrations you want to be receptive to. ↗

— Kalashatra Govinda

#inspirational #inspirational

Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation. ↗

— Alan Autry

#courage #decisions #generation #leadership #make

She felt trapped, but she didn't have to. The world is wide open and ready, waiting for us to escape this bubble and join it. ↗

— C.M. Stunich

#confinement #confusion #decisions #escape #fears

Kitten, you need to make a decision. Either we stay here and behave or we leave now and I promise you”—his voice dipped lower and the words fell against my lips—“if we leave, I won’t behave. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#decisions

Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told. --Artemis Fowl ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#decisions

So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#gandalf #steadfastness #truths #decisions

You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#decisions #fear #decisions

Even if we all want you here, you don't belong until you decide you do. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#decision #decisions

Hindsight is always easier than the dreadful moment of decision. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#eena #hindsight #richelle #richelle-goodrich #richelle-goodrich