There are no safe choices. Only other choices.
You have the choice. You can choose joy over despair, happiness over tears, action over apathy, growth over stagnation.
We had no choice. Sadness was a dangerous as panthers and bears. the wilderness needs your whole attention.
All pain in life comes from wishing things were different than they are. Conversely, peace and happiness must come from accepting life as it is and breaking through the barriers of illusion to do so... All things that we label good or bad often hold in them surprises if we stay open. Each of us has choice in how we interpret life's events and in this way we are each responsible for our own reality.
There were no more choices, no more options, no more clever ways out of a tough situation. And the rush, I realized in a brutal wash of despair, is a false god I’ve chased my entire life. One that cost me everything in the blind search for sensation. My entire existence amounted to nothing.
Life is an endlessly creative experience, and we are shaping ourselves at every moment by every decision we make.
I have multipersonality disorder - in a very good way, of course - when it comes to my fashion choices.
I have no choice but to defend the most vulnerable among us.
You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesnt work like that.
I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.
Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.
Each choice has a consequence. Each consequence a destination.
I have come to recognize evolution not only as an active process that I am experiencing at the time, but as something I can guide by the choices I make.
But if the choice is a cool president and 8 or 10 percent unemployment in a declining economy and a country that seems to be going in the wrong direction and structural unemployment for young people at 50 percent, I'd rather have a dorky president who fixed those problems.
I was never disappointed by the people I've admired. And the choices I made when I was in a position where it was do-or-die were made with my heroes in mind.
There are three choices in life and sport - either you do it, you don't do it or you think about it. Most humans think about it. We will do it.
Behavioral change is more important than individual product choices. They both have a role to play.
Everyone gets discourages...The question is: Are you going to give up or get up? It's a choice.
Forgiveness is a choice, but it is not an option.
Soap opera wouldn't be my first choice, but at this point in my life, I would consider a soap. It would allow me to act and still do other things with my life.
I don't think we get a choice in who we fall for," Ian whispers. "I think we just do.
To nourish the soul means to become kinder, more compassionate, wiser, and more loving, often through the making of difficult choices that foster growth rather than safety. The nourishment and growth of the soul is the very reason for human life.
And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and needing to make changes in their life. If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. You have the ability to totally transform every area in your life-and it all begins with your very own power of choice.
All there will ever be is what's happening here. Decisions we make in this moment are based on either love or fear. So many of us choose our path out of fear, disguised as practicality.
Do you realize that there is nothing in our genes that tells us when to die? There are genetic codes that tell us how to grow, how to breathe, and how to sleep, but NOTHING that tells us to die. So why do we? Because we literally rust and decay our bodies from the inside out with poor food and lifestyle choices.
