Quotes about choice

"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 on 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 on choice   

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."

Peart, Neil on choice
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"Choice strengthens all."

Prescot, Neal on choice   

"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 on choice   

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

Richards, Mary Caroline on choice   

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

Riley, Pat on 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 on choice
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"You see, it's never the environment; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events -- how we interpret them -- that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow."

Robbins, Anthony on choice   

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

Robbins, Anthony on choice   

"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 on 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 on choice   

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility."

Roosevelt, Eleanor on choice
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"I think there is a choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice."

Rukeyser, Muriel on choice   

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

Saying, Zen on choice   

"You cannot be anything if you want to be everything."

Schechter, Solomon on choice   

"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 on choice   

"Every single moment of your life you must choose from a number of alternatives. What you choose determines where you will end up."

Sinha, Shall on choice   

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

Sirtis, Marina on choice   

"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 on choice   

"Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them."

Stone, W. Clement on choice
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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 on choice   

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

Thomas, David on choice   

"All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it."

Truman, Harry S on choice   

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

Unknown, Source on choice   

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

Unknown, Source on choice   

"Nine out of ten people who change their minds are wrong the second time too."

Unknown, Source on choice   

"You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self. Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them. You're always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past."

Unknown, Source on choice   

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

Unknown, Source on choice   

"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."

Unknown, Source on choice   

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

Unknown, Source on choice
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"No poet sings because he must sing. At least no great poet does. A great poet sings because he chooses to sing."

Unknown, Source on choice   

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

Waitley, Denis on choice   

"There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them."

Waitley, Denis on choice
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"Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth."

Walpole, Horace on choice   

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

West, Mae on choice
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"For what human ill does dawn not seem to be alternative?"

Wilder, Thornton on choice   

"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 on choice   

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

Wister, Owen on choice   

"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 on choice