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Quotes About Choice

There was no one else to blame anymore. No Bores or Old Ladies or Nortons, or Assassins waiting at the bridge. And there was no place to hide-no place across any river for a boatman to take us. Our life would be what we made of it-nothing more, nothing less. Baboons. Baboons. They build their own cages, we could almost hear the Pigman whisper, as he took his children with him.
~ Paul Zindel
And it was true that she had to accept, to consent in the real sense of the term, for nothing would be inflicted upon her by force to which she had not already previously consented; she could refuse, nothing was keeping her enslaved except her love and her self-enslavement. What prevented her from leaving?)
~ Pauline Réage
I'll do whatever you like
~ Pauline Réage
What's the world's greatest lie?" the boy asked. "It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.
~ Unknown
Two more divorces. Free again, but it's just a feeling; freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose—and commit myself to—what is best for me.
~ Unknown
I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
~ Paulo Coelho
I am two women: one wants to have all the joy, passion and adventure that life can give me. The other wants to be a slave to routine, to family life, to the things that can be planned and achieved. I'm a housewife and a prostitute, both of us living in the same body and doing battle with each other.
~ Paulo Coelho
What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.
~ Paulo Coelho
You have two choices, to control your mind or to let your mind control you.
~ Paulo Coelho
Everyone believes the world's greatest lie... says the mysterious old man. What is the world's greatest lie? the little boy asks. The old man replies, It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.
~ Paulo Coelho
Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.
~ Paulo Coelho
Never be ashamed,' he said. 'Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.' 'How will I know which is which?' 'By the taste. You can only know a good wine if you have first tasted a bad one.
~ Paulo Coelho
So you see, Good and Evil have the same face; it all depends on when they cross the path of each individual human being.
~ Paulo Coelho
Lord, protect our decisions, because making Decision is a way of praying. Give us the courage after our doubts, to be able to choose between one road and another. May our YES always be a YES and our NO always be a NO. Once we have chosen our road, may we never look back nor allow our soul to be eaten away by remorse. And in order for this to be possible.
~ Paulo Coelho
You can either be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It all depends on how you view your life.
~ Paulo Coelho
All religions lead to the same God, and all deserve the same respect. Anyone who chooses a religion is also choosing a collective way for worshipping and sharing the mysteries. Nevertheless, that person is the only one responsible for his or her actions along the way and has no right to shift responsibility for any personal decisions on to that religion.
~ Paulo Coelho
Free again, but it's just a feeling; freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit yourself to what is best for you.
~ Paulo Coelho
Everyday God gives us a moment in which it is possible to change everything that makes us unhappy.
~ Paulo Coelho
Stop thinking about life and choose to live it
~ Paulo Coelho
He had to choose between something he had become accustomed to and something he wanted to have.
~ Paulo Coelho
Love can take us to heaven or hell, but it always takes us somewhere. Therefore, be prepared to travel...
~ Paulo Coelho
Choosing a path means having to miss out on others
~ Paulo Coelho
I could have.What does this phrase mean? At any given moment in our lives, there are certain things that could have heppened but, didn't. The magic moments go unrecognized, and then suddenly, the hand of destiny changes everything.
~ Paulo Coelho
to die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one's departure from this world.
~ Paulo Coelho