Quotes About Agency

But think of the glory of the choice! That makes a man a man. A cat has no choice, a bee must make honey. There's no godliness there.

It is easy out of laziness, out of weakness, to throw oneself into the lap of deity, saying, 'I couldn't help it; the way was set.' But think of the glory of the choice! That makes a man a man. A cat has no choice, a bee must make honey. There's no godliness there.

It is easy out of laziness, out of weakness, to throw oneself into the lap of deity, saying, 'I couldn't help it; the way was set.' But think of the glory of the choice! That makes a man a man.

Timshel - thou mayest

timshel—'Thou mayest'—that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if 'Thou mayest'—it is also true that 'Thou mayest not.' Don't you

You are not born a winner; you are not born a loser. You are born a chooser.

God gives us the privilege to make choice, so we will be responsible for our deeds, holding someone accountable for the decisions you made, is like saying you don't know how to control your life and know what's best for you, no one can make you do what you don't want, unless you want to.

We like to think of ourselves as having power over our own fate.

Life is full of decisions. Never let anyone make those decisions for you. It won't be YOUR life.

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.

"You are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life ... Your entire life ... Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank account, but your soul."

I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

People choose the path of their own lives: victor or victim. You claim your role by the choices you make along the way.

Then isn't it better to do what's up to you - like a free man - than to be passively controlled by what isn't, like a slave or a beggar?

When we trade the effort of doubt and debate for the ease of blind faith, we become gullible and exposed, passive and irresponsible observers of our own lives. Worse still, we leave ourselves wide open to those who profit by influencing our behavior, our thinking, and our choices. At that moment, our agency in our own lives is in jeopardy.

The notion that we are products of our environment is our greatest sin; we are products of our choices." Margaret Mead (this may not be her exact wording, but it's close enough).

Every woman should be "absolute mistress of her own body.

I will choose what enters me, what becomes of my flesh. Without choice, no politics, no ethics lives. I am not your cornfield, not your uranium mine, not your calf for fattening, not your cow for milking. You may not use me as your factory. Priests and legislators do not hold shares in my womb or my mind. This is my body. If I give it to you I want it back. My life is a non-negotiable demand.

The universe will never force a mindset on you. You have complete free agency to choose fear and suffer unnecessarily if you want to.

A consumer-finance agency is a good thing, but it would do well to teach consumers a simple lesson: if you don't understand the deal you're making, don't make it.

A carbonated wine foisted upon Americans (who else would drink it?) by winery ad agencies as a way of getting rid of inferior champagne by mixing it with inferior burgundy.

If the will remains in protest, it stays dependent on that which it is protesting against.