Motivational Quotes

Choice

A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.

- Roddenberry, Gene

Best Quotes about Choice

You are now at a crossroads. This is your opportunity to make the most important decision you will ever make. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Don't think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully.

Robbins, Anthony

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

Buscaglia, Leo

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

Horton, Doug

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

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

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

English, Jon

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

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

Waitley, Denis

10.

He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end.

Fosdick, Harry Emerson

11.

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.

12.

There has never been another you. With no effort on your part you were born to be something very special and set apart. What you are going to do in appreciation of that gift is a decision only you can make.

Zadra, Dan

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It is your own convictions which compels you; that is, choice compels choice.

Epictetus

14.

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

Cleaver, Eldridge

15.

Choose your love, Love your choice.

Monson, Thomas S.

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We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road -- the one less traveled by -- offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth.

Carson, Rachel

17.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Edwards, Tryon

18.

We do pretty much whatever we want to.

Johnson, Philip

19.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

Dyer, Wayne

20.

Watch what you choose to do. For instance, someone might want you to smoke. Never forget that I told you -- don't do it. Say no. That can of beer that somebody wants you to try, don't do it. Don't you ever do it. That drug that someone might want you to use, don't touch it. Stay away from it. It can destroy you.

Hinckley, Gordon B.

21.

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

22.

For what human ill does dawn not seem to be alternative?

Wilder, Thornton

23.

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

24.

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

Kelley, David

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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

26.

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

27.

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something.

Carpenter, Liz

28.

It's so hard when I have to, And so easy when I want to.

Barnes, Sondra Anice

29.

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

30.

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

Walpole, Horace

31.

The world isn't interested in the storms you encountered, but whether or not you brought in the ship.

Armesto, Raul

32.

Every choice you make has an end result.

Ziglar, Zig

33.

No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it.

Glasgow, Ellen

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That guy just cut right in front of me. But I'm not going to let it bother me. No. I'm on my way to work and I decided it doesn't matter who wants to cut in front of my lane today. I'm not going to let it bother me one bit. Once I get to work, find myself a parking space, if somebody wants to jump ahead of me and take it, I'm going to let them.

Winfrey, Oprah

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

Fixx, James

36.

Most of life is choices, and the rest is pure dumb luck.

Erickson, Marian

37.

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

Dyer, Wayne

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You cannot be anything if you want to be everything.

Schechter, Solomon

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

Mencken, H. L.

40.

The perfect way is without difficulty, for it avoids picking and choosing. Only when you stop liking and disliking will all be clearly understood. Be not concerned with right or wrong, for the conflict between right and wrong is the sickness of the mind.

Seng-Ts'an

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The more equally attractive two alternatives seem, the harder it can be to choose between them -- no matter that, to the same degree, the choice can only matter less.

Paradox, Edward Fredkin's

42.

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

43.

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

Bhagavad Gita

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Before my accidents, there were ten thousands things I could do. I could spend the rest of my life dwelling on the things that I had lost, but instead I chose to focus on the nine thousand I still had left.

Mitchell, W.

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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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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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There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy.

48.

A human being is a deciding being.

Frankl, Viktor E.

49.

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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The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.

Saying, Zen