"You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war."
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"Everything you are comes from your choices."
"We are moving from unconscious evolution through natural selection to conscious evolution by choice."
"I had a void, God. Filled with whores & with blunts. I ain't have choice God I was born in the slums"
"A moment of choice is a moment of truth."
"Motherhood is a choice you make every day, to put someone else's happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you're not sure what the right thing is... and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong."
"You are free to choose, but the choices you make today will determine what you have, be, and do in the tomorrow of your life."
"Like a lot of people, I’ve always enjoyed commenting on strangers’ outfits. Unlike a lot of people, I now had a new megaphone to do it with. And, let me tell you, commenting on people’s hilarious clothing choices through a megaphone makes it so much better."
"You've got two choices: you could either complain about it, or use it as fuel to make you a better person."
"The high number from the Middle East is only coincidence, he said. It is no particular choice on our part, ... We accept visa trainees from those countries. We'd accept them from other countries, too, but we don't get their applications."
"Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice"
"If given a choice between investing in someone who has read REWORK or has an MBA, I’m investing in REWORK every time. A must read for every entrepreneur."
"I am one with the Power that created me. I am totally open and receptive to the abundant flow of prosperity that the Universe offers. All my needs and desires are met before I even ask. I am Divinely guided and protected, and I make choices that are beneficial for me. I rejoice in other's successes, knowing there is plenty for us all."
"We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder and more open to what scares us. We always have this choice."
"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?"
"On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break."
"Every time we sit down to eat, we make a choice. Please choose vegetarianism. Do it for animals. Do it for the environment and do it for your health."
"Sustainability is a political choice, not a technical one. It's not a question of whether we can be sustainable, but whether we choose to be"
"When you make a choice, you change the future."
"you never make the same mistake twice. the second time you make it, it is no longer a mistake. it is a choice"