Quotes About Choice

Marriage and family are only what we make of them.

Look, Daniel. Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it.

I had never heard of the title or the author, but I didn't care. The decision had been taken. I took the book down with great care and leafed through the pages, letting them flutter. Once liberated from its prison on the shelf, it shed a cloud of golden dust. Pleased with my choice I tucked it under my arm and retraced my steps through the labyrinth, a smile on my lips.

One has to pay some price for being able to piss standing up.

destiny doesn't make house calls

En el momento en que te paras a pensar si quieres a alguien, ya has dejado de quererlo para siempre

Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it yourself.

De eso nada. ¿Se acuerda usted de lo que me dijo una vez? ¿Que el destino no hace visitas a domicilio, que hay que ir a por él? —Tengo que confesar que lo saqué de un libro de Carax. Sonaba bonito.

Y si algún día decide usted ir a por él (porque lo que el destino no hace son visitas a domicilio), ya verá como le concederá una segunda oportunidad

Cómo puedo agradecérselo? - Viniendo por aquí y leyendo buenos libros, los que a usted le apetezcan, no los que yo o nadie más le diga que tiene que leer.

Quizá fue aquel pensamiento, quizá el azar o su pariente de gala, el destino, pero en aquel mismo instante supe que ya había elegido el libro que iba a adoptar.

No hay casualidades, Daniel. Somos títeres de nuestra inconsciencia.

El destino siempre está a la vuelta de la esquina. Y si algún día decide usted ir a por él (porque lo que el destino no hace son visitas a domicilio), ya verá como le concederá una segunda oportunidad.

Indem Sie herkommen und gute Bücher lesen, die, die Ihnen gefallen, nicht die, von denen ich oder sonst jemand sagt, Sie sollen sie lesen - ich mag zwar affektiert sein, aber ein Pedant bin ich nicht.

What will you do now with the gift of your left life?

She is always there for each and every one of us, particles of atoms, cells, animals, and human animals. We are precious in Her sight. She understands and remembers us with unending sympathy. She inspires us to live creatively, joyfully, and in harmony with others in the web of life. Yet choice is ours.

Perhaps the most dangerous thing on Earth is the person who always follows. What if you follow the wrong person? The wrong Idea?

self-knowledge promotes choice and action, and many people feel unready for either.

Y sólo es elegido quien lo desea, habiendo escuchado la vida que le espera allí en la tierra, lo bueno y lo malo, sin ninguna sombra de duda.

God. The notion of releasing our power of choice to a Divine force remains the greatest struggle for the individual seeking to become conscious. Primary strengths: Faith

any choice made from faith has the full power of heaven behind it—which is why "faith the size of a mustard seed can move a mountain.

Every choice we make, motivated by either faith or fear, directs our spirit. If a person's spirit is impelled by fear, then fear returns to her energy field and to her body. If she directs her spirit in faith, however, then grace returns to her energy field, and her biological system thrives.

The river is the journey of your life. You find a good woman to ride the river with, and the journey will be right nice. Just be real sure that you're listenin' to your heart and not your head when you make your choice.

My opinion is that you should get up every morning and decide if you are going to be happy or miserable.