Kenneth E. Boulding Quotes

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.

I was obliged to take tough, painful and bold decisions to ensure a manageable tomorrow.

Planning means looking ahead.

Nobody in the world is as good at making decisions as the Japanese.

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils.

Leaders make decisions that create the future they desire.

Don't make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you're not even conscious you're making.

What the American people understand is that I look at what we need to get done to keep the American people safe and to move our interests forward, and I make those decisions.

Moving forward, the best way is going to be something that is going to be a collective decision, that is made, of course, with President-elect [Donald] Trump having the primary say as to how to move forward. But all those opinions will be in the room.

I am very comfortable with the strategic decisions that I made.

Deciding to commit yourself to long term results rather than short term fixes is as important as any decision you'll make in your lifetime.

Personal Vision is often the catalyst for wise decisions.

Leadership isn't making all the decisions. It is making sure the right decisions are made.

This idea of anticipation is key to investing and to business generally. You can't wait for an opportunity to become obvious. You have to think, "Here's what other people and companies have done under certain circumstances. Now, under these new circumstances, how is this management likely to behave?"

Dr. Roboy, in Litvak's measured view, had a vice common to believers: He was all strategy and no tactics. He was prone to move for the sake of moving, too focused on the goal to bother with the intervening sequence.

I guess the idea of not wanting to choose to direct a film, for which I've not read a script. It's a tough decision to make without seeing any pages. That's not to say that I don't have all the faith in the world in the spectacular writers.

In a game, there are so many different variables that are thrown at you - the defense, where your teammates are, how fast your body's moving, and you have to be in control of all those decisions.

I think what you're going to get from President-elect [ Donald] Trump is all of his folks together - Rex Tillerson, James Mattis, John Kelly, CIA, Homeland Security, everyone that you would want in the room, making decisions about that particular document and treaties like that document as to how we're going move forward.

Ralph... would treat the day's decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player.

One of the big parts of my decision-making process is knowing that when you're signing up for something, you're signing up for multiple seasons, should it be successful, and in theory, you want it to be successful, but you also want to be doing something that you're enjoying.

We rob ourselves when we make decisions in the moment with no thought of how those decisions will impact our futures.

The choices you make today design your future

You have to choose your future regrets.

Let no one say that taking action is hard. Action is aided by courage, by the moment, by impulse, and the hardest thing in the world is making a decision.

Make every decision—even decisions about whether to expand the business, raise money, or promote someone—according to what's best for your customers.