A human being is a deciding being.


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.


A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him.


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


Any person who recognizes this greatest power… the power to choose. Begins to realize that he is the one that is doing the choosing and that friends, although they mean well, cannot do his choosing for him, nor can his relatives. Consequently, he develops real self-confidence based upon his own ability, upon his own action, and upon his own initiative.


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


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.


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


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


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.


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


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


Choice strengthens all.


Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.


Choose your love, Love your choice.


Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.


Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs of others.


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


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?


Every choice you make has an end result.

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