Quotes About Choice

No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly.

When you make a choice, you change the future.

Life is not about negative circumstances that happen to you, it's about what you do with the golden opportunities hidden within!

There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he's absolutely free to choose.

Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse

What's in store for me in the direction I don't take?

A man remains ignorant because he loves ignorance, and chooses ignorant thoughts; a man becomes wise because he loves wisdom and chooses wise thoughts.

To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble.

Wisdom means to choose now what will make sense later.

Your life is the manifestation of your dream; it is an art. You can change your life anytime if you aren't enjoying the dream.

If you knew the secret of life, you too would choose no other companion but love.

It's not what life does to you but what you do to life that counts.

Life is what you make it.

Freedom always carries a burden of proof, always throws us back on ourselves.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.

A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.

If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program - immediately, if not sooner.

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.

Within each experience of pain or negativity is the opportunity to challenge the perception that lies behind it and to choose to learn with wisdom.

If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.

Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree.

It was important to keep moving. Certain struggles continued. Others had to be brought to a close. The wisdom was in deciding which.

You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do?