Quotes About Choices

A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.

Writing is nothing if not carrying the hopeless, backbreaking burden of decisions devoid of consequences.

The choices we make, for good or ill, will affect the welfare of generations yet unborn. —State of the Union message, January 14, 1963

Pour l'essentiel de sa courte vie, il avait œuvré à garder son indépendance. Une fois qu'un homme commençait à collectionner les obligations, tout se déréglait, et il se retrouvait face aux murs d'une prison construite de ses propres mains.

It's a lucky man who leaves early from life's banquet, before he's drained to the dregs his goblet - full of wine; yes, it's a lucky man who has not read life's novel to the end, but has been wise enough to part with it abruptly - like me with my Onegin.

Every man's road in life is marked by the grave of his personal likings.

Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.

You always think there will be more time and then suddenly there isn't. You know how it is. You have to leave before the rains come, or it's too late.

Life isn't complicated. It's very simple, really. It's us who make it complicated.

I never know what I'm going to want to curl up in bed with." I shrug. "How about a man?" she retorts.

Ne smiješ željama profu?kati svoj život, Heather.

The trade-off seems like a no-brainer. Would you rather be bribed during your hospital stay with made-to-order omelets or would you rather be, for example, not dead?

What we do today, right now, will have an accumulated effect on all our tomorrows.

But know this, if you let me go, you'll regret it forever, because sometimes the gods run out of patience with fools and take back the gifts they've offered.

What matters most is the reason for our decisions, and the extent to which we're willing to provide guidance, to support children's choices, to be there with them—all of which is a lot more challenging than just saying yes or no.

The exceptional teachers not only tended to give less homework but also were likely to give students more choices about their assignments.

Folks in Washington have it all figured out - they are going to make your choices and run your life.

Had I done the movies that were offered to me in my prime, at the height of my career, I would have been alongside the likes of Denzel Washington. But, I chose not to do those movies.

And it's important to remember we are all responsible - or certainly the elected members in Washington of both parties are responsible for making decisions and choices to ensure that the economy grows and jobs are created.

I waste a lot of money buying the same pair of shoes.

Our life is our life. If we waste it, we're fools.

Getting wasted is only OK when you're young enough to not know better.

You can make more money - you can buy a new body - but you can't buy time. If you are wasting it, make different choices. Don't wait.

There's just not that many videos I want to watch.