I have seen the best of you, and the worst of you, and I choose both.
When you make a choice, you change the future.
We are not slaves of the past, nor servants of the present, but masters of the future.
One good wish changes nothing. But one good decision changes everything. Your power to choose, to make a good decision, spells the difference between wishing and making real life changes.
No army is comprised of all the same kinds of units or types of troops. There is power in diversity. If you always see only one choice, or use only one option, you will surely lose more than you win.
Sometimes we have one chance, to ride that wave, one opportunity to jump on, take a deep breath and feel the rush of adrenaline. . . don't miss your chance.
We don't choose our wildest dreams. They choose us.
Sleep my little baby-oh
Sleep until you waken
When you wake you'll see the world
If I'm not mistaken...
Kiss a lover
Dance a measure,
Find your name
And buried treasure...
Face your life
Its pain,
Its pleasure,
Leave no path untaken.
He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.
Kiss a lover,
Dance a measure,
Find your name
And buried treasure.
Face your life,
It's pain,
It's pleasure,
Leave no path untaken.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
The way I define happiness is being the creator of your experience, choosing to take pleasure in what you have, right now, regardless of the circumstances, while being the best you that you can be.
Ah, Nothing is too late, till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.
Trust is not a gasoline-soaked blanket that succumbs to the matches of betrayal, never able to be used for its warmth again; it’s a tapestry that wears thin in places, but can be patched over if you have the right materials, circumstances, and patience to repair it. If you don’t, you’re always the one who feels the coldest when winter comes.
There is stability in walking an uncertain path, because you never allow yourself to be misled by what you think you know.
We’re all just people making decisions and accepting consequences as we march toward an impending and inevitable death.
Where we fall are the stepping-stones for our journey.
The difference between impossible and possible is a willing heart.
Purpose drives the process by which we become what we are capable of being.
It’s an act of our will to choose to see people simply as wildly loved by God, to assume their beauty before guessing their depravity.
I can be a woman on a mission. But I'll choose what mission that is. And that my friend is where youll see the results.
God made the world like a knife. We have the choice to take it by the handle or the blade.
In spite of being complicated people choose superstitions over common sense.
I agree that sometimes it is difficult to choose between right and wrong, but not between right and stupid.
Leave if you must. But leave when you are strong, not weak. Leaving should be a choice and not the only option.
It's our actions that define us. What we choose. What we resist. What we're willing to die for.
Freedom is not a license to act but a license to exercise free choices in any given situation.
So long as we are brave enough to accept the consequences of our actions, no one can take away our freedom of choice.
YOUR WORDS ARE SEEDS. You have the choice to speak life or death. Your words have a nucleus.
They can be magnificent co creations with angels, producing mind silk. Or, they can be the polymers of plastic sheets, suffocating the earth one square inch at a time.
The world is changeable, and its ability to change is so fragile that a single person can be responsible for it.
The future was in our own hands. If we wanted a world where such things were possible, it was for us to make it.
Like tiny gods, all that we say and do holds a power so great that any one of us in any given moment can be responsible for the birth of a new civilization or the collapse of our own.
If you refuse to accept what is, and choose to see what could be, then you set a course for yourself that makes others take notice of you, respect you, revere you. It is then that they become objects of your destiny instead of you playing a support role in theirs.
Every man walks his own path, and every path has its fair share of locked doors. You never know who holds the key to a door you’ll need to open one day, so you best treat people as if they are all keyholders.
Don't let anyone take your power by influencing what you do.... sure ask for advice when you are still deciding, but once you are sure what you want to go for, don't let anyone deflect you. It is YOUR choice to make and to follow through.
A perfect example, in matters of life and death, of love and passion, of choice or destiny; options decrease to a singular course.
If you women continue to demand your choice to work, you will so upset the economy of this country that the time will come when you will not have a choice. You will have to work.
Anything or everything can happen. You determine how good or bad they are
I can’t change the world, I can only change how I choose to live in it.
You are being fashioned into one of two images, either God's or the worlds. Make a choice!
One might be led to question whether the scientists acted wisely in presenting the statesmen of the world with this appalling problem. Actually there was no choice. Once basic knowledge is acquired, any attempt at preventing its fruition would be as futile as hoping to stop the earth from revolving around the sun.
I knew they would kill me when they found out, but…” He struggled for words, releasing a sharp breath. “I think I realized that I would rather die because I betrayed them, than live because I betrayed you.
Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will - namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.
It's not that I can't live without you; it's that I don't want to. There's a difference. We all make choices in life and I choose you.
My heart belongs to you. And I'm not asking for it back, even if you won't want it anymore. I'm just asking for a chance to have your again. I promise I'll be more careful with it this time.
There seemed to be three choices: to give up trying to love anyone, to stop being selfish, or to learn to love a person while continuing to be selfish.
Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken.
When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.
Single is no longer a lack of options – but a choice. A choice to refuse to let your life be defined by your relationship status but to live every day Happily and let your Ever After work itself out.
Let others lead small lives, but not you.. Let others argue over small things, but not you.. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you.. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.
I knew it like destiny, and at the same time, I knew it as choice.
A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man's life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose. (Maester Aemon)
The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices.
The only thing you have to do in this life is die," said Mrs. Pinsky..."everything else is a choice.
Art and life are subjective. Not everybody's gonna dig what I dig, but I reserve the right to dig it.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
Leaders live by choice, not by accident.
There are things you do sometimes, actions that you take by obeying sudden impulses, without stopping for even a fraction of a second to think, and then you spend the rest of your life either lamenting it or thanking yourself for it. They are rare, unique, and perfect moments.
The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.
You are the most influential person in your life. You can embrace your strengths or give away your power. The choice is yours.
When you choose one way out of many, all the ways you don't take are snuffed out like candles, as if they'd never existed.
... is it truly possible to steal a life, if... the Self is eternal and cannot die? Should this be so, then one who 'murders' does no more than transgress against the will of another, whose choice it is to live. At bottom, a murderer offends not against the body, but against the spirit.
We are the sum total of the decisions we have made.
The future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be anything.
The best of your life could be the rest of your life, if you decide it will be so.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.
Today is Your Day to Dance Lightly with Life. It Really Is.
Yes, faith; it is my cousin's duty to make curtsy and say 'Father, as it please you.' But yet for all that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make another curtsy and say 'Father, as it please me.
Happiness is a choice not a result of something you do.
No teacher has the right to cure a child of making noises on a drum. The only curing that should be practiced is the curing of unhappiness.
If you are reading this, be sure to count this on your blessings list.
Maybe none of us can choose who we love, Cas. None of the lucky ones, anyway. The only choice we have is how we serve that love. And Ethan’s made his choice. What about you? Are you going to reject it, or make the best of what you’ve been given?
You can choose to say, "Good Morning God" or "Good God, morning!
Seek grace and guidance from God.
Greatness comes from the inside and once you believe you have it, it's yours to share with the world.
A victim has the potential to transform into a survivor, but if that is forgotten, a true victim is what they become. A survivor must endure strife and persevere against those thoughts that would convince them otherwise. Holding fast to ones will will allow them to know their strength has not evaporated; They will never be without hope.
Unto the Cross came death, and unto death came the Cross.
Given a choice between goose egg and heartache, I would choose heartache.
Everything in this life passes away - only God remains, only He is worth struggling towards. We have a choice: to follow the way of this world, of the society that surrounds us, and thereby find ourselves outside of God; or to choose the way of life, to choose God Who calls us and for Whom our heart is searching.
We can either emphasize those aspects of our traditions, religious or secular, that speak of hatred, exclusion, and suspicion or work with those that stress the interdependence and equality of all human beings. The choice is yours. (22)
Happiness is a choice. Peace is a state of mind. Both are free!
Having the life of your dreams is simple: make conscious choices.
Our business is to be free of anything that separates us from God, who has created us to simply be happy and to progress.
Contrary to what we've been told, life is simple. We complicate matters with our choices.
Do you wait for things to happen, or do you make them happen yourself? I believe in writing your own story.
Courage cannot be gifted to you, but it is a choice you make.
The choice to make good choices is the best choice you can choose. Fail to make that choice and on most choices you will lose.
Death is not an option. Death is inevitable. But death is a choice.
You have two choices, to conquer your fear or to let your fear conquer you.
Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.
Nobody introduces us to inspiration…it glows in our thoughts, it lives in our heart,
It is all around us in the form of sunshine, in the clouds. It changes our reality - choice lies with us.
If someone tries to use you as a tool, you shouldn't mind it, because it is their choice and folly, not yours.
I never really grew up until I had kids.
And that’s the truth I needed to swallow: people don’t step out and love for you; that’s on you. You have to be the one to get down deep enough and whisper the words people can’t always say for you - whether you believe in them full or not - “I choose you. I choose you.
I believe that the ‘love of your life’ is just a person that you chose. You choose them because you believe that they’re it.
There is no medicine that can ignite the bond of love. Friendship is compulsory, love comes around when friendship ripes, and sex is a matter of choice.
I had a dream about you; I’ve had multiple dreams about you. If I had to choose between the real you and the dream you then…Goodnight.
Faith is the choice of the nobler hypothesis.' Not the noblest, one never knows what that is. But the nobler, the best one can see when the choice is made.
Consider every choice carefully, no matter how small, for it will affect the bigger decisions you make.
I am exactly who I am choosing to be. Should I change my choice, the universe will always be there to assist me.
Every act and choice you make is creating the real you and shaping your real life.