Quotes About Choice

There are two things that make the conscious world move, decision and desire.

It's the hunger; the hunger for an alternative and the refusal to accept a life of unhappiness...

Identity, no matter if it seems intrinsic (like race and seuxality) or the result of a conscious choice (like club membership and religious affiliation), is always rooted in the social recognition that sustains it. The most private form of identity has its origin in the given social possibilities. Identity politics hides the alienating quality of all identity and thus has an ideological function.

It is possible to assemble a roomful of the great and the good from across a city or a region, task them to debate the problems of that region and come up with solutions, and end up with them taking three hours arguing about whether tea or coffee should be served at break time. The success (in their own eyes) of many rulers throughout history has rested upon ensuring there is always a choice of refreshments."–Pablo Sanchez, On Democracy, 1851

Better to lose your husband than waste your life

Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept situations.

crucial moments of choice most of the business of choosing is already over." Willing is not conscious resolve, but rather being true to what one loves or sees.

people choose between two ways of coming to conclusions or judgments: by thinking, using an impersonal process of logic; and by feeling, deciding what something means to them.

Barry Schwartz's distinction between maximizers and satisficers has given us the counterintuitive insight that restricting our choices in life can actually lead to greater happiness and satisfaction, and

What psychology failed to appreciate, Frankl believed, is the multidimensional nature of human beings. He did not deny that biology or conditioning shapes us, but he also insisted that there is room for free will—to choose to develop certain values or a particular course in life, or to retain our dignity in difficult situations.

The young will always to some extent view ageing as a matter of taste, as if the fact you do not appear to be young any more is a decision you've made, like selecting a certain type of carpet or paint for your house.

We all have negative thoughts. They are impossible to avoid. But ongoing negative thoughts...That's a choice.

There is no reason to contain your positive thoughts, words and emotions and many reasons to control your negative ones. Are you making the right choices?

The biggest breakthroughs in consciousness occur when things are difficult; when we have a choice to fall to the worst of ourselves or rise to the best of ourselves.

You found during apartheid a strange occurrence from the white folks themselves. There were those who did make a choice to speak out and stand and be counted in the army of human beings who believed in justice. And then there are those who left.

I eat breakfast pretty much 'round the clock - muffins in the morning, scones for lunch, cereal at night - which may be odd but is also oddly satisfying, if only because the choice is my own.

You never know what people will choose to be offended by.

No offense, but I don't get the whole concept of arranged marriage. I'd rather know the person who I'll settle down with.

Horror films have always been quite operatic for me. I always sort of scratch my head at people's offense to them? If you don't get them, and you don't like them, then don't watch them.

Each day, each one of us chooses not to do many things that would be legal but offensive to those around us.

I will offer a choice, not an echo.

Once in a while there was some TV offer and I'd take it.

I was asked to model but I never took up the offer.

When Baby Boomer women started choosing hotel-like birthing centers over hospital delivery rooms, hospitals quickly wised up. Now even rural hospitals offer well-designed labor-delivery-recovery suites.