Quotes About Choice

Charlie says that "God gives us a choice when we face difficult circumstances."3 We can choose misery or "we can choose to face our trials with God's help, knowing that we'll come out the other side as stronger people for the experience."4

What we will allow—"Feel free to join us for your next meal as soon as the lawn is mowed." What we will do—"I'll be glad to read you a story as soon as you've finished your bath." What we will provide—"You may eat what is served, or you may wait and see if the next meal appeals to you more.

The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos.

The gift of willingness is the only thing that stands between the quiet desperation of a disingenuous life and the actualization of unexpressed potential.

Drugs are a bet with the mind

Drugs are a bet with your mind.

We should be careful as to the choices we make. We need to be certain that we are prepared to accept the consequences of those choices.

The Roman censor Appius Claudius the Blind said, "Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future it is something you design for the present.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

sometimes in life, you either laugh or you cry. And I prefer to laugh.

The cruising life isn't for all of us. It isn't even for most of us, but it is for some of us, and for a few of us it is essential to survival.

Allow children to choose the books they wish to read to themselves, even if they don't meet your high standards.

There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It's up to you to decide what to do with them.

I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to.

I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.

I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

As soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up I knew that I would rather be a failure at comedy than a success in marketing.

I have one life and one chance to make it count for something . . . I'm free to choose what that something is, and the something I've chosen is my faith. Now, my faith goes beyond theology and religion and requires considerable work and effort. My faith demands -- this is not optional -- my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.

If you're a sports fan you realize that when you meet somebody, like a girlfriend, they kind of have to root for your team. They don't have a choice.

Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?