Quotes About Choice

Akhmatova, like Gogol, wanted to possess nothing. She gave away the presents given to her, and a few days later they would be found in other people's houses. This characteristic recalls the behavior of nomads, compelled to the provisional by necessity and by choice...When eastern Europe furnishes such models of detachment, why seek them out in India or elsewhere? (from Anathemas and Admirations)

Nothing's the same for anyone. That's why life's this Hell, if you do a thing you're damned, and if you don't you're damned . . . .

The ends of the earth, the depths of the sea, the darkness of time, you have chosen all three.

It happened like this, if it happened at all. I would rather go up to heaven by myself than be pushed by cherubs.

It's a risk, so's everything else, and we'll only live once.

They chose to regard it as a miraculous preservation.

I do not consider her choice of a piece happy. Beethoven is so usually simple and direct in his appeal that it is sheer perversity to choose a thing like that, which, if anything, disturbs.

Did he at all know where he wanted to live? Tibby didn't know that he did know. Did he at all know what he wanted to do? He was equally uncertain, but when pressed remarked that he should prefer to be quite free of any profession.

Well, it is odd and sad that our minds should be such seed-beds, and we without power to choose the seed. But man is an odd, sad creature as yet, intent on pilfering the earth, and heedless of the growths within himself.

He had not the knack of surrounding himself with nice people--indeed, for a man of ability and virtue his choice had been singularly unfortunate; he had no guiding principle beyond a certain preference for mediocrity;

Cousin of one of my parishioners. I do not consider her choice of a piece happy. Beethoven is so usually simple and direct in his appeal that it is sheer perversity to choose a thing like that, which, if anything, disturbs.

Oh, fence me out if you like! Fence me out as much as you like! But never in. Oh Harcourt, never in.

The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.

People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.

It is not what happens to you in life that makes the difference. It is how you react to each circumstance you encounter that determines the result. Every human being in the same situation has the possibilities of choosing how he will react - either positively or negatively.

Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you. Follow nature and not fashion: weigh the present enjoyment of your pleasures against the necessary consequences of them, and then let your own common sense determine your choice.

Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.

Life has no meaning but what we give it. I wish a few more of ye would give it a little.

Life has no meaning but what we give it. I wish a few more of ye would give it a little.- Elminster of Shadowdale

When the platoon got going, he'd act as the armorer. He offered us a choice of weapons. A Winchester Model 70, 30-06 was the basic weapon of choice.

Attitude is a choice. Choose wisely, as it will impact your relationships and achievements.

In marriage, if you think you have married the wrong person but choose to treat him or her like the right one, that person will turn into the right one and you

90 percent of heart patients who are told to change their lifestyle habits or die, choose death over change.

Being part of a great adventure is more than just enjoying new experiences; it can also be sticking to a dull, difficult path when our mind and body scream to run off to the right or left. Great adventures often involve tough choices and lonely stands for what we know to be true. They may require forging on when it would be so much easier to turn back. And adventures often come along at inconvenient times. They can seem more like interruptions than exciting opportunities.