Quotes About Choice

There has been much talk referencing what I consider conceptual reports like the Landscape of Choice and documents created as a result of the Great Valley Center.

I believe kids should choose what they want to do, because it's their life, but they have to choose something, and they can't quit in the middle unless there's a really good reason. There are going to be peaks and valleys. You don't want to let kids quit during a valley.

Women who choose to stay home and raise their families make one of the most valuable contributions to society. as far as I am concerned.

To put it bluntly, I feel relevant and valuable, and I am struggling to understand why, when women reach age 65, they encounter an invisible barrier of perception that says it's time to walk away. Shouldn't we have a choice in the matter? Shouldn't our experience and energy be worth more?

There's a role for the Mac as far as our eye can see. A role in conjunction with smartphones and tablets that allows you to make the choice of what you want to use. Our view is, the Mac keeps going forever, because the differences it brings are really valuable.

Every choice leads you somewhere, but it might not be where you truly want to be if the decision is based on someone else. It could lead to regrets and what-ifs, but that doesn't mean you wouldn't still have valuable experiences.

I've seen public charter schools give parents a valuable option for students in Alabama and across the country.

If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.

At the core of our American value system is individual freedom.

The decisions you make are a choice of values that reflect your life in every way.

We had a simple choice: Either betray our values or keep our values and leave Russia to try to do something new.

So, if there's a choice between the trimmings or you—then it's easy to leave out the trimmings.

Some days one has no choice but to deal with Society's filth....Our world isn't getting any better--or cleaner Elizabeth. I don't know how people can treat one another the way they do. Or themselves, for that matter.

I believe the Lord performed this fearsome sign so we would clearly understand that choices must be made. Either we are fully with him, or we are with the world. We will soon be forced to declare our allegiance, and in doing so, we must accept that the world may then cast us out.

Date night? It was always about me and what I wanted to do.

I would sooner converse with a snake! He side-stepped the clutter. Speak and have done. Even snakes prefer their choice of company.

There's a choice? Always. It's the outcome that sadly limits things.

Fanatics don't choose to stop blinding themselves. His Lordship's more at risk of becoming the figure-head steered by the needs of the mob. What man who leads a pack of followers isn't?

This is my present, also yours, free to choose. I am here at your side, alive, and no ghost. Let beauty and care forge the weapons tonight.

The wisest of sages have said that a man will choose violence out of fear. The Master's words were expressive, but cold, and directed toward the King. Is your stature so mean that you dare not face me without fetters?

You are not mine to command. But the choice to kill always means closing the mind to the chance of a living alternative.

a society's fate lies in its own hands and depends substantially on its own choices.

Archaeologists studying the rise of farming have reconstructed for us a stage where we made one of the most crucial decisions in human history. Forced to choose between limiting population growth or trying to increase food production, we opted for the latter and ended up with starvation, warfare, and tyranny. The same choice faces us today, with the difference that we now can learn from the past.

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