Pastoral Resources

While different people may approach opportunities in different ways, we need to base decisions on a fundamental set of values as we chart our course of action.

The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.

We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.

I understand everybody in this country doesn't agree with the decisions I've made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.

Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way.

The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!

Bishops are like umpires. You have to have them to call the close decisions.

Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time.

Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.

At a time when we're having to take such difficult decisions about how to cut back without damaging the things that matter the most, we should strain every sinew to cut error, waste and fraud.

We believe very strongly that you stop that denial of coverage by promoting choice. Let people make the decisions.

We've got to trust the politicians with these decisions.

Sometimes decisions get made and it ends up being God doing for you what you couldn't do for yourself.

I made a series of wrong decisions about moderately recent books, and I've sold the rights to studios for ridiculous amounts of money and the films have never been made. That's the saddest thing of all, because they're locked up and no one else can make them.

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

Within the last three years the amount of classified materials has doubled to 15.6 million decisions to classify documents.

All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.

If we make the tough decisions now, we will be one year ahead of 80 percent of the states in the race to economic growth. If we fail to act, we will fall even further behind... by going first, we can become first.

I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a little clearer than some people have.

Tonight, I concurred with President Bush when he stated that the decisions on future involvement of U.S. troops in Iraq should be left to the Pentagon and not politicians in Washington.