Motivational Quotes

Choice

The highest order of mind is accused of folly, as well as the lowest. Nothing is thoroughly approved but mediocrity. The majority has established this, and it fixes its fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way.

- Pascal, Blaise

Best Quotes about Choice

We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Of all earthly creatures, humans alone have the power to choose.

I am not a sound bite person. I prefer to run at the mouth.

Sirtis, Marina

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Marx, Groucho

You cannot be anything if you want to be everything.

Schechter, Solomon

You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be.

Thomas, David

There is an election going on all the time... the Lord votes for you and Satan votes against you, and you must cast the deciding vote.

Even as a tortoise draws in its limbs, the wise can draw in their senses at will.

Bhagavad Gita

Let us choose to believe something good can happen.

Kohe, J. Martin

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Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do.

Waitley, Denis

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Inhabit ourselves that we may indeed do what we want to do.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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If there are things you don't like in the world you grew up in, make your own life different.

Thomas, David

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A human being is a deciding being.

Frankl, Viktor E.

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I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.

Lincoln, Abraham

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I like to be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.

Robbins, Anthony

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Anything inside that immobilizes me, gets in my way, keeps me from my goals, is all mine.

Dyer, Wayne

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It is not something I must do but something I want to do

Fixx, James

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To every man there openeth A way, and ways, and a way. And the high soul climbs the high way, And the low soul gropes the low: And in between, on the misty flats, The rest drift to and fro. But to every man there openeth A high way and a low, And every man decideth. The way his soul shall go.

Oxenham, John

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When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that in itself is a choice.

James, William

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Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in the town or the country, being unlucky or lucky, winning or losing. It is how we win, how we lose, how we live or die, finally, how we choose.

Blyth, R. H.

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Bright lights cast dark shadows when shone from only one direction.

Kelley, David

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It is always your next move.

Hill, Napoleon

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Whenever I have to choose between two evils, I always like to try the one I haven't tried before.

West, Mae

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You can't choose up sides on a round world.

Dyer, Wayne

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If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary.

Atwood, Margaret

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I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

Boswell, James

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Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.

Mencken, H. L.

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Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedom -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

Frankl, Viktor E.

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You must give up the way it is... to have it the way you want it

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You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices.

Chopra, Deepak

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When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have.

Wister, Owen

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You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast which is what I tried to do.

Fonda, Jane

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Our generation, like the one before us, must choose. Without the threat of the Cold War, without the pain of economic ruin, without the fresh memory of World War II's slaughter, it is tempting to pursue our private agendas -- to simply sit back and let history unfold. We must resist the temptation.

Clinton, Bill

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As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given.

Retton, Mary Lou

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You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it -- there's no turning back.

English, Jon

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You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose

Browne, Harry

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On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us --ah! what a dream, to live in that! --the other stifles us at the first breath.

Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle

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Choose your love, Love your choice.

Monson, Thomas S.

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If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free,cause there's a million ways to be, you know that there are...

Stevens, Cat

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When a defining moment comes along, you can do one of two things. Define the moment, or let the moment define you.

Movie, Tin Cup

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Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice.

Horton, Doug

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You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.

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You are either part of the solution or part of the problem.

Cleaver, Eldridge

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Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from something. Where are your choices taking your life? What do your behaviors demonstrate that you are saying yes or no to in life?

Allenbaugh, Eric

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Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

Allen, James

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There is no shame in finding someone else to be attractive, or good company. Even if they don't like you, there is still no shame. If you happen to be fond of someone, and they're not fond of you, it's OK.. You don't have to wait and see if they'll love you back. You can announce it.. Joy in life comes from expressing ourselves, in taking risks and jumping in. Everyone is not going to like you. But you can like who you like.

Matthews, Andrew

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If this life be not a real fight, in which something is eternally gained... it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will.

James, William

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We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

Robbins, Anthony

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Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it.

Riley, Pat