Bright lights cast dark shadows when shone from only one direction.
—Ann Leckie (b.1966) American Novelist, Science Fiction Writer
Since the human body tends to move in the direction of its expectations—plus or minus—it is important to know that attitudes of confidence and determination are no less a part of the treatment program than medical science and technology.
—Norman Cousins (1912–1990) American Political Journalist
Every choice you make has an end result.
—Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American Author
You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be.
—R. David Thomas (1932–2002) American Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it’s easy.
—Unknown
We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it’s a continuing choice.
—John C. Maxwell (b.1947) American Author, Speaker, Pastor
You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything.
—John C. Maxwell (b.1947) American Author, Speaker, Pastor
All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.
—Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) American Head of State
Be ignorance thy choice where knowledge leads to woe.
—James Beattie
A habit is only a habit until you can observe it. And then it’s a choice.
—Unknown
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.
—Reginald Horace Blyth (1898–1964) British Japanologist, Zen Author
If you listen to the Chatterbox, your experience of life is fear-producing, and you stop yourself from expanding. If you listen to the Higher Self, your experience of life is joyful and abundant and devoid of fear. You, like everyone else, are an expert at listening to your Chatterbox. Your task is now to become an expert at listening to your Higher Self. Then true choice will be possible.
—Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author
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.
—James Lane Allen (1849–1925) American Novelist, Short Story Writer
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.
—Jane Fonda (b.1937) American Actress, Political Activist
If you’re not proud of where you work, go work somewhere else.
—Seth Godin (b.1960) American Entrepreneur
Inhabit ourselves that we may indeed do what we want to do.
—M. C. Richards (1916–99) American Poet, Potter, Author
With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.
—Oprah Winfrey (b.1954) American TV Personality
It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.
—Learned Hand (1872–1961) American Judge, Judicial Philosopher
Happiness or unhappiness is often a matter of choice.
—Anonymous
The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.
—Zen Proverb Japanese School of Mahayana Buddhism
There are two paths people can take. They can either play now and pay later, or pay now and play later. Regardless of the choice, one thing is certain. Life will demand a payment.
—John C. Maxwell (b.1947) American Author, Speaker, Pastor
Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.
—H. L. Mencken (1880–1956) American Journalist, Literary Critic
He tells himself over and over again in any choice presented to him, ‘Prefer the hard.’ This holds good not only in great matters, but also in very small, in fighting by the frozen Danube and in starting the day early.
—Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Rome, Stoic Philosopher
Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
The difficulty in life is the choice.
—George Moore (1852–1933) Irish Writer
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.
—Bill Clinton (b.1946) American Head of State, Lawyer, Public Speaker
The forces of good and evil are working within and around me, I must choose, and in a free will universe I do have a choice.
—Unknown
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.
—Liz Carpenter (1920–2010) American Journalist, Political Adviser
Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.
—Tryon Edwards (1809–94) American Theologian, Author
We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives. Mankind’s greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear.
—Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (1926-2004) American Psychiatrist
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