Quotes About Choice

Sometimes there were doubts, and those doubts could persist, but often you really had no choice. You had to feel your way through the complexities of this life and hope, just hope, that you got it right more often than you got it wrong.

There are plenty of people who might prefer to go sideways. What about them? How are we to inspire them?

when people ask for advice they very rarely want your advice and will go ahead and do what they want to do anyway, no matter what you say.

The problem, of course, was that people did not seem to understand the difference between right and wrong. They needed to be reminded about this, because if you left it to them to work out for themselves, they would never bother. They would just find out what was best for them, and then they would call that the right thing.

When people ask for advice they very rarely want your advice and will go ahead and do what they want to do anyway, no matter what you say. That applied in every sort of case; it was a human truth of universal application, but one which most people knew little or nothing about.

A moral dilemma is equally absorbing whether the stakes are the destiny of nations or the happiness of one or two people - at the most.

The way to leave this life, I always say: some sudden, cataclysmic disaster and whoosh, you're propelled into the next world—or oblivion. One might take one's pick.

Doing the right thing, she knew, was often not as enjoyable as doing the wrong thing. The wrong thing often made for a better story, but it was still the wrong thing--nothing could change that.

She hoped that was the case, anyway, and that, she supposed, was the way it would always be. You hoped that what you did was for the overall good, but you could never be sure. Sometimes there were doubts, and those doubts could persist, but often you really had no choice. You had to feel your way through the complexities of this life and hope, just hope, that you got it right more often than you got it wrong. And sometimes, of course, you did not have to do anything at all.

Don't let yourself do something simply because you've started on a path and feel that you should complete it. Life is too short for that.

Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because sometimes they take a rest.

I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.

I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.

What happens to you during Life may seem out of your control; how you perceive each experience, however... good or bad... is totally up to you.

Happiness and Unhappiness are not things that just happen to you, they are a choice. They are a perspective. Smile, and think about that for a moment. Now smile some more. Not that hard is it?

If you believe in "luck", always let it be good luck. Always choose to be "lucky", rather than "luckless". Be "happy", rather than "hapless".

You can either choose to walk in light and love, or run in fear and darkness. But with the latter, you're more likely to fall.

Believing in God is as much like falling in love as it is making a decision. Love is both something that happens to you and something you decide upon.

First, he became aware of it. Many of us don't seem able to take even this step. Second, and most significant, he chose not to focus on reinforcing its weaker threads. Instead, he did the exact opposite: He identified its strongest threads, wove in education and experience, and built them into the dominating strengths we see today.

Such questions are labeled 'ipsative,' which means that if in reality you have both, the question makes it impossible for you to show up with both.

I was offered a choice of a flat salary up front or a percentage of the film's future earnings. I took the up front money. Nobody could have figured what Halloween would ultimately become.

It could be said that one of the marks of a truly responsible life is a voluntary death

she began to choose her own projects, Marilyn

embodied in the notion that there is no certainty in any worldview. But, in fact, everyone who has managed to entertain that idea, for a moment or for a lifetime, has found it to be the basis for radical empowerment. If no paradigm is right, you can choose whatever one will help to achieve your purpose.