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"We must not let the actions or words of others determine our responses. Magnanimous people make the choice to respond to the indignities of others based upon their own principles and their own value system rather than their moods or anger."
"Once you've found your own voice, the choice to expand your influence, to increase your contribution, is the choice to inspire others to find their voice."
"And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice."
"We make choices. No one else can live our lives for us. And we must confront and accept the consequences of our actions."
"How will you find good? It is not a thing of choice; it is a river that flows from the foot of the Invisible Throne and flows by the path of obedience."
"You are what you are today because of the choices you made in the past"
"When I was 15, I was naive, looked like a grey mouse and felt second choice."
"I’ve never really been contained to just one style. My listening choice has always been so mixed up."
"I am and always will be an HRH. But out of personal choice I like to be called William because that is my name and I want people to call me William - for now."
"People who are cognitively busy are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments in social situations."
"Replace fear-based thinking with love-based thinking. Every time you’re making a choice, ask yourself if it’s going to cultivate the experience of unity and love or the experience of separation and stress."
"It is not what you say or hope or wish or intend but only what you do that counts. Your choices tell you unerringly who you really are."
"If you gave me the choice of being CEO of General Electric or IBM or General Motors, you name it, or delivering papers, I would deliver papers. I would. I enjoyed doing that. I can think about what I want to think. I don't have to do anything I don't want to do."
"A plan relieves you of the torment of choice."
"Highly proactive people don't blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice."
"I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice."
"The real choice we have to make is between peace and nationalism."
"In awareness there is no becoming, there is no end to be gained. There is silent observation without choice and condemnation, from which there comes understanding."
"Every life has a watershed moment, an instant when you realize you're about to make a choice that will define everything else you ever do, and that if you choose wrong, there may not be that many things left to choose. Sometimes the wrong choice is the only one that lets you face the end with dignity, grace, and the awareness that you're doing the right thing. I'm not sure we can recognize those moments until they've passed us."
"As for drugs - well, Gates was certainly not unusual there. Marijuana was the pharmaceutical of choice."
