Quotes About Choice

Live now; be damn'd hereafter.

The ability to choose is at the essential core of our grandeur. Even evil exists because God respects our ability to choose.

We're not born creative or destructive. Each one of us has the ability to create or destroy, to leave the world better than we found it, or worse.

People keep asking "Jacob or Edward?" when the really important question is "Diamond Dave or Sammy?

Your life is given to you by your parents. If you don't want to live, you have to ask them first.

No matter how lucky a person is, the moment he decides he wants to die, there's nothing that will keep him alive.

My days restricted... my fate decided. And in that, the one and only freedom allowed to me... was to love...

very often a man's whole life alters course because of a moment's hesitation. That instant is like a fold made down the middle of a sheet of paper. In it, the underside becomes upmost, and what was once visible is hidden forever.

there's the matter of picking the time. There's such a thing as the favorable moment. Determination alone counts for nothing.

Svoju patnju, koju prihvatam, moram da prihvatim kao dragocenost. Ne postoji nijedan ispira? zlata koji iskopava samo zlato. Ispira? vadi pesak sa korita reke, naslepo, ne razmišljaju?i šta ?e da izvadi iz vode. On bi voleo da je u pesku i zlato, ali možda ga uopšte ne?e biti, on mora da se pomiri sa time. Niko nema povlasticu da unapred odabere ono što želi.

In short, if I had a choice, I guarantee I'd rather get a hole in the head than eat carrots.

If my self was my dwelling, then my body resembled an orchard that surrounded it. I could either cultivate that orchard to its capacity or leave it for the weeds to run riot in. I was free to choose, but the freedom was not as obvious as it might seem. Many people, indeed, go so far as to refer to the orchards of their dwellings as "destiny.

Sim, ele dormia, acordava, e as vezes, até fazia suas refeições ali dentro. Nesse estranho quarto sem janelas, esse quarto onde os ventos jamais sopravam e as árvores jamais rumorejavam, um quarto com ares de caixão, a tumba onde ele foi enterrado vivo. Ele escolhera viver em um caixão mesmo antes de ter sido assassinado. Um quarto de prazeres e de morte, envolto no perfume duradouro de mulher e o odor de seu próprio corpo.

Te encuentras bien? Tu barco está a punto de undirse. Todavía no has pedido socorro? Has abusado del barco de tu espíritu y te has privado a ti misma de puerto. Ahora, pues, ha llegado el momento de continuar a nado, de atravesar el mar nadando con tus propias y solas fuerzas. Todo lo que tienes delante es la muerte. ¿Es eso lo que quieres?

You can do whatever you want. Besides the works of the Hikaris…seem to be destined to end up with the Niwas.

How we live is all that matters,not who made us,or out of what parts! Free will is what we make of it!

Freedom is taking control of the rudder of your life.

Sarasa, even if you feel that destiny is toying with you, destiny is something you design with your own hands.

History isn't a single narrative, but thousands of alternative narratives. Whenever we choose to tell one, we are also choosing to silence others. Human

Romanticism, which encourages variety, meshes perfectly with consumerism.

Medieval crusaders believed that God and heaven provided their lives with meaning; modern liberals believe that individual free choices provide life with meaning. They are all equally delusional.

Humans vote with their feet.

When you inflict suffering on yourself in the name of some story, it give you a choice: 'Either the story is true, or I am a gullible fool.' When you inflict suffering on others, you are also given a choice: 'Either the story is true, or I am a cruel villain.' And just as we don't want to admit we are fools, we also don't want to admit we are villains, so we prefer to believe that the story is true.

Humans are used to thinking about life as a drama of decision-making.