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title: "8 Great Decisions Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Great Decisions quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Great Decisions sayings and thoughts."
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> [I could take the greatest deal-makers of all time and they've always had something that didn't quite work out. You never want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/i-could-take-the-greatest-deal-makers-of-all-time-and-they-ve-always/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [Truly, that reason upon which we plume ourselves, though it may answer for little things, yet for great decisions is hardly surer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-sanders-peirce/truly-that-reason-upon-which-we-plume-ourselves-though-it-may-answer/)

[Charles Sanders Peirce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-sanders-peirce/)

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> [“It is not your talents that make you great, but your decisions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-l-alder/it-is-not-your-talents-that-make-you-great-but-your-decisions/)

[Shannon L. Alder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-l-alder/)

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> [Aaron Rodgers - I love the way he scrambles and how he plays the game - he always makes great decisions with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonio-brown/aaron-rodgers-i-love-the-way-he-scrambles-and-how-he-plays-the-game/)

[Antonio Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonio-brown/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27b/antonio-brown-7893_aaron-rodgers_aaron-rodgers-i-love-the-way-he-scramble_1838405.jpg)

> [“With or without God, good decisions can be made; But only with God will great decisions be made.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-thueson/with-or-without-god-good-decisions-can-be-made-but-only-with-god-will/)

[Damon Thueson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damon-thueson/)

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> [I'm interested in the balance between big currents in history - the economies, the ideologies, social structures, and so on - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-macmillan/i-m-interested-in-the-balance-between-big-currents-in-history-the/)

[Margaret MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-macmillan/)

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> [When you wake up every day, it's like a new birthday: it's a new chance to be great again and make great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poo-bear/when-you-wake-up-every-day-it-s-like-a-new-birthday-it-s-a-new-chance/)

[Poo Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poo-bear/)

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> [As you continue to successfully make each day better than the last, choosing to make great decisions that are not only ambitious,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anurag-prakash-ray/as-you-continue-to-successfully-make-each-day-better-than-the-last/)

[Anurag Prakash Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anurag-prakash-ray/)

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