Quotes About Choice

every man had a choice: feed that which makes you happy, or feed that which makes you rage.

Freedom is having a choice to make, to be who we want to be.

I think I couldn't love him at all if he was the sort of man to make me choose between him and my writing." And

Today, I will know that I don't have to worry about anything. If I do worry, I will do it with the understanding that I am choosing to worry, and it is not necessary.

We can own our power with people. Buy some time. Think about what you want. Consider how responding to another's needs will affect the course of your life. We live or own life by not letting other people, their expectations, and their demands control the course of our life. We can let them have their demands and expectations; we can allow them to have their feelings. We can own our power to choose the path that is right for us.

Feeling good about ourselves is a choice. So is feeling guilty.

Boundaries are to take care of ourselves, not to control others. If we set a boundary not to be around practicing alcoholics, it isn't to force Harvey to stop drinking. Harvey can choose to drink or not drink. Our boundary gives us a guideline to make our choice—whether we want to be around Harvey.

Mary knows what's important, He said. Mary made the right decision.

Overreacting may impair our mental functioning. Decisiveness is hindered by worrying about what other people think, telling ourselves we have to be perfect, and telling ourselves to hurry. We falsely believe we can't make the "wrong" choice, we'll never have another chance, and the whole world waits and rises on this particular decision. We don't have to do these things to ourselves.

You're down now, Jordan, but only for awhile. I think God is giving you a chance to really look at your life and decide just how you want to live it. That's right, said Kara. You can keep on living it for yourself or invite God to take over.

If it's a choice between being shat on and pissed on and used and being a bastard, I'll choose being a bastard any time.

Empowering women is the next step in human evolution, and as the uniquely endowed creatures we are, we can choose to help bring it about.

We're given a choice in our lives, to make things better, or worse, or merely endure like sheep. I choose to make things better, as much as I can.

But whatever fate may be mine, I shall not simply say yes to whatever it sends! she vowed stubbornly. If it is not to my liking … then it is not my fate.

Some terrible people could be redeemed if they weren't too far gone. Some kind people could turn hate-filled and cruel. Some liars became the most honest, loyal friends possible. Or not. It really was up to them. Some saw the benefits of empathy and helpfulness, and gained the ecstasy of validation by love. Others, not so much, and just a few more weaponized their pasts. Whatever their origin story, an asshole was an asshole.

We're given a choice in our lives, to make things better, or worse, or merely endure like sheep. I choose to make things better, as much as I can.

The idea that they were going to have to-eventually-go someplace that was even hotter than this was now was worrying Harrier, but there wasn't much he could do about it at the moment. He couldn't imagine why anybody would want to live here if they had a choice. Sometimes, he thought, people were idiots.

Yeah, and if I have to choose between being eaten by the Endarkened and telling my Da I'm a Wildmage, I'm not sure which I'd pick.

Do what you can, do everything that you can, do it to the best of your ability, and leave the rest to fate. Or the gods. Or random luck. Your choice.

Acting on what you want is something only children think is an adult prerogative.

I have only one question, my sister and my friend," she said, so earnestly that Kethry came out of her own fear and looked deeply into the shadowed eyes that met hers. "And that is this; which way do you want them sliced—lengthwise, or widthwise?

And I choose to be alone Rather than wrapped in arms I could never need.

He thinks marriage will make our love more real when marriage will only make our love more necessary. Marriage (Often) is just a publicity stunt a social security, Yes, I will stay with you BUT you don't have to marry me Marriage is not a payment or something you can 'give' me It is not something that you can do 'for' me only 'with me

Winston Churchill (him again!) once said words to the effect that everyone gets the chance to make their fortune once, but not everybody takes it.