Quotes About Choice

how I would hate the reputation of being clever at writing but stupid and useless at everything else! I would rather be stupid at both than to choose to employ my good qualities as badly as that.

Às vezes é boa escolha nada escolher.

Doya doya yaÅŸamak y?llar?n çokluÄŸuna deÄŸil, sizin gücünüze baÄŸl?d?r.

En cuanto al mandar, que parece tan fácil y hacedero, si se considera la debilidad del juicio humano y la dificultad de elección entre las cosas nuevas o dudosas, yo creo que es mucho más cómodo y más grato el obedecer que el conducir, y que constituye un reposo grande para el espíritu el no tener que seguir más que una ruta trazada de antemano, y el no tener tampoco que responder de nadie, más que de sí mismo:

was a female. Isserley wasn't interested in females, at least not in that way. Let them get picked up by someone else. If the hitcher was male, she usually went back for another look, unless he was an obvious weakling. Assuming he'd made a reasonable impression on her

Today I begin to choose Happiness, Success, Perfect Health, & Great Relationships.

The choice not to forgive is a choice whether or not to be obedient to what God has told you to do. Your unforgiveness is not an issue between you and the person who hurt you; it's between you and God.

You'd quit long before she ever would." This stopped me. "What makes you say that?" "Jennie has an agenda. You're still equivocating. I watched you observing, taking notes. Hugging the sidelines. Not sure if this is your milieu—just like you were in seminary: never sure if you should be a minister or a writer, so not committing to either." "I still wonder if I made the right choice," I said. "But am I really that obvious?

You are either a half-baked, baked, or burnt cookie. You decide, but you can't be all three in life. - Aunt Polly

I never expected to find myself here, on the edge of the continent--childless, possibly jobless, with broken bones and a broken marriage, citizen of a broken country. But here I am, and I must make something of it. That's really the only choice one has: make something of it, or don't.

At the very least, if I have not - yet- chosen to end your life, I refuse to allow any of my kin to forever deprive me of my prerogative to do so.

No...if the world demanded their deaths in return for safety, she would have watched it burn.

This upscale Marin whorehouse allowed the men to come and pick from the lineup of women like we were donuts in a pastry case.

L]iking something is very important evolutionarily, because most things are harmful to us. Of the millions of objects that we bump into every day, only a handful are beneficial to us. Hence to like something is to make a decision between one out of the tiny fraction of things that can help us over against the millions of things that might harm us.

In altre parole, uno degli scopi fondamentali delle emozioni è fornirci una scala di valori, in modo da poter scegliere che cosa è importante, costoso, bello o prezioso. In assenza di emozioni tutto ci sembrerebbe uguale, quindi ci ritroveremmo nella situazione paralizzante di non riuscire a compiere una scelta. Gli scienziati stanno quindi cominciando a capire che le emozioni, lungi dall'essere un lusso, sono uno dei fondamenti dell'intelligenza.

El destino no es cuestión de azar; es cuestión de elección. No es algo que hay que esperar; es algo que hay que conseguir. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

El cuerpo no se elige —se decía— pero el alma sí; cada uno hacemos de nuestra alma lo que nos apetece que sea.

Who stops us from being free? We blame the government, we blame the weather, we blame our parents, we blame religion, we blame God. Who really stops us from being free? We stop ourselves.

You have the right to believe or not believe these voices and the right not to take what they say personally. We have a choice whether or not to believe the voices we hear within our own minds

You can speak. What other animal on the planet can speak? The word is the most powerful tool you have as a human; it is the tool of magic. But like a sword with two edges, your word can create the most beautiful dream, or your word can destroy everything around you. One edge is the misuse of the word, which creates a living hell.

Be responsible for every choice you make in your life. This is your life; it's nobody else's life, and you will find that it's nobody else's business what you do with your life.

Once you are aware that you're dreaming, you recover your power to change the dream whenever you choose.

Their addiction to suffering is nothing but an agreement that is reinforced every day.

If someone is not treating you with love and respect, it is a gift if they walk away from you. If that person doesn't walk away, you will surely endure many years of suffering with him or her. Walking away may hurt for a while, but your heart will eventually heal. Then you can choose what you really want. You will find that you don't need to trust others as much as you need to trust yourself to make the right choices.