Quotes About Choices

Es o no es un juego la vida? ¿Y por qué no ha de servir volver atrás las jugadas?

Within the individual life span as well, each person becomes exposed with age to increasingly contradictory goals, to incompatible opportunities for action. A child's options are usually few and coherent; with each year, they become less so. The earlier clarity that made spontaneous flow possible is obscured by a cacophony of disparate values, beliefs, choices, and behaviors. Few

Without a consistent set of goals, it is difficult to develop a coherent self. It is through the patterned investment of psychic energy provided by goals that one creates order in experience. This order, which manifests itself in predictable actions, emotions, and choices, in time becomes recognizable as a more or less unique "self.

Attention can be invested in innumerable ways, ways that can make life either rich or miserable.

This is not to imply that a return to the rigid values and limited choices of the past would be preferable—even if that were a possibility, which it is not. The complexity and freedom that have been thrust upon us, and that our ancestors had fought so hard to achieve, are a challenge we must find ways to master.

There's usually no need to lecture or punish. It's much more effective to just let people feel the natural consequences of their choices.

Drama-free" doesn't mean getting rid of the drama or the people who create it. It means being free from its debilitating effects in our lives. This book is about getting free—not letting our lives and attitudes be controlled by the choices of others.

There's nothing wrong with a person's temperament. But there could be a lot wrong with their behaviors, attitudes, and choices. They've been making those choices for a long time, so it's not something we can easily change. We can't guarantee that they'll make good choices, but we can choose how we respond to those choices.

Contentment in life doesn't come from the absence of conflict; it comes from not giving away our emotional control to the demands of other people. We learn how to be independent in our choices instead of being dependent on what other people do or think.

The next time life tosses you a multiples choice test, Meaghan, remember… 1) The more time you give it, the more choices you'll have. 2) There'll always be more than one right answer. And, 3) Waiting for divine intervention is almost never a good idea. Poised for greatness, The Universe

ask yourself before any meal, "Are the meat options before me necessary for my survival or just more convenient than other foods?

lives are chosen for the challenges they will likely present, or to flip this, for the dreams you will likely have.

The drug plans our seniors choose will define their health care options for years to come. If they do not make a decision and wait until the May 15 deadline passes, they will face penalties and higher prices for the drugs that they need.

even the path of least resistance leads somewhere, and not necessarily to the place you want to end up.

We, as a people,will leave only one mark on this planet long after our time, and that mark will be the sum total of all the decisions we make.

Life consists of a string of decisions.

There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine.

Postupci u ?ove?ijem životu su poput jela, a misli I ose?anja kao za?ini. Ne?e dobro pro?i onaj ko posoli trešnje ili sir?etom zalije kola?...

He was suffering, and in a way, he could manage that; but he had caused others to suffer, and he did not know why he had to live now and recall the series of terrible choices that had not looked so terrible at the time. Was that how it was for most people?

Men have choices that women don't.

I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.

Instead of just giving lip service to improving our schools, I will actually put the kids first and the teachers union behind in giving our kids better teachers, better options and better choices for a better future.

It is not what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.

It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.