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.

Making a true decision, unlike saying, “I’d like to quit smoking,” is cutting off any other possibility. In fact, the word “decision” comes from the Latin roots de, which means “from,” and caedere, which means “to cut.” Making a true decision means committing to achieving a result, and then cutting yourself off from any other possibility. When you truly decide you’ll never smoke cigarettes again, that’s it. It’s over! You no longer even consider the possibility of smoking.

Making a true decision means committing to achieving a result, and then cutting yourself off from any other possibility.

"A decision is the act of committing to a specific plan of action. The word "decide" comes from the Latin decidere, which means to "cut off". When you make a decision, you're cutting off the other possible avenues that you could explore, leaving only the path you're committing to."

A decision is the action an executive must take when he has information so incomplete that the answer does not suggest itself.

A decision is a judgment. It is a choice between alternatives. It is rarely a choice between right and wrong. It is at best a choice between “almost right” and “probably wrong” — but much more often a choice between two courses of action neither of which is provably more nearly right than the other.

A DECISION IS A JUDGMENT. It is a choice between alternatives.

Once you were committed to a course of action, you didn’t waste your time looking back and second-guessing the decision, because every action in life was taken on the basis of incomplete information. You looked at what you had, and you did all you could to improve the odds; but at some point you had to roll the dice—and live or die with whatever you had thrown.

Focus more on being decisive and less on trying to make the "right" decision. You'll never know until you try, and if you're wrong, you can always try again.

A decision worthy of the name is based on observation, factual information, intellectual and ethical judgment. Opinion — that darling of the press, the politician, and the poll — may be based on no information at all.

The correctness of a decision can’t be judged from the outcome. Nevertheless, that's how people assess it. A good decision is one that’s optimal at the time it’s made, when the future is by definition unknown. Thus, correct decisions are often unsuccessful, and vice versa.

Decisions are progress. Each one you make is a brick in your foundation. You can’t build on top of “We’ll decide later,” but you can build on top of

The Latin root of the word “decision” means “to cut off.” When you make a decision, you are cut off from taking some other course of action. Now, that may sound limiting, but it’s not; it’s liberating.

Action is the line between deciding and hoping. Cross it or nothing changes.

If you want results, never leave the site of a goal without taking a step toward it.