Quotes about Choice

Life is to be lived, not controlled.

God offers to every mind a choice between repose and truth. take which you please--you can never have both. [Essay on Intellect]

Whatever limits us,we call Fate

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be

A man must consider what rich realms he abdicates when he becomes a conformist

What a signal convenience is fame. Do we read all authors to grope our way to the best? No, but the world selects for us the best, and we select from these our best.

What will you have? quoth God; pay for it, and take it.

You think me the child of my circumstances: I make my circumstance.

An obedient man is free when in prison," Quan said. "A disobedient man is imprisoned when free.

To the baby who dies it makes no difference whether those who refused to protect her were proabortion or merely prochoice.

If you are looking for a religion centered around yourself, Ben, I must agree that Christianity is a poor choice.

Given our abundance, the burden of proof should always be on keeping, not giving. Why would you not give? We err by beginning with the assumption that we should keep or spend the money God entrusts to us. Giving should be the default choice. Unless there is a compelling reason to spend it or keep it, we should give it.