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    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can always choose how you respond to it.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: choices, choose, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking
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  • #3
    Jean-Paul Sartre
    “We are our choices.”
    ― Jean-Paul Sartre
    tags: choices
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: change, choice, choices, excuse, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking
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    Hermann Hesse
    “It is not for me to judge another man's life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone.”
    ― Herman Hesse, Siddhartha
    tags: choices, focus, humility, judgement, judgemental, self, tolerance
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “You are not the victim of the world, but rather the master of your own destiny. It is your choices and decisions that determine your destiny.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett
    tags: choice, choices, decision, decisions, destiny, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-quotes, living
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    Shannon L. Alder
    “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.”
    ― Shannon L. Alder
    tags: alone, blending-in, bravery, choices, confidence, conformity, courage, different, diversity, empowerment, fake, false, hiding, integrity, personality, regret, regrets, remorse, self-esteem, self-love, self-respect, self-worth, standing-up-for-other-women, true-self, uniqueness
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  • #8
    Theodore Roosevelt
    “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: action, choices, decision, decisiveness, inaction, right-and-wrong
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  • #9
    Brodi Ashton
    “Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with.”
    ― Brodi Ashton, Everneath
    tags: choices, heroes, paths
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
    tags: action, attitude, choice, imagination, inspiration, life, pretend
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: attitude, choice, giving, happiness, inspirational, kindness, life-and-living, life-lessons, motivational, positive-affirmation
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  • #12
    Robert Frost
    “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
    I took the one less traveled by,
    And that has made all the difference.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: choice, consequence, individuality, inspirational
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  • #13
    Mae West
    “I'm single because I was born that way.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: bachelorhood, choice, dignity, empowerment, freedom, independence, self-determination, singleness, singles
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  • #14
    Roy T. Bennett
    “Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best choice you will ever make.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: choice, future, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, letting-go, letting-go-and-moving-on, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking
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    Aristotle
    “Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: choice, inspirational
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    William Jennings Bryan
    “Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”
    ― William Jennings Bryan
    tags: achieved, change, choice, destiny
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    Jodi Picoult
    “In the space between yes and no, there's a lifetime. It's the difference between the path you walk and the one you leave behind; it's the gap between who you thought you could be and who you really are; its the legroom for the lies you'll tell yourself in the future.”
    ― Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart
    tags: choice
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  • #18
    Sarah Kay
    “I have seen the best of you, and the worst of you, and I choose both.”
    ― Sarah Kay
    tags: best, choice, love, worst, you
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  • #19
    Marcus Aurelius
    “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: choice, happiness
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  • #20
    Patrick Ness
    “To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.”
    ― Patrick Ness, Monsters of Men
    tags: choice, cowardice, responsibility
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  • #21
    Anthony Burgess
    “When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.”
    ― Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
    tags: choice, life, man
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  • #22
    Libba Bray
    “There are no safe choices. Only other choices.”
    ― Libba Bray, A Great and Terrible Beauty
    tags: choice
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  • #23
    Sherman Alexie
    “He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.”
    ― Sherman Alexie, The Toughest Indian in the World
    tags: choice, love
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  • #24
    C. Wright Mills
    “Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.”
    ― Charles Wright Mills
    tags: choice, freedom
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  • #25
    Roy T. Bennett
    “Beliefs are choices. First you choose your beliefs. Then your beliefs affect your choices.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett
    tags: belief, beliefs, believe, choice, choices, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking
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  • #26
    M. Scott Peck
    “Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.”
    ― M. Scott Peck
    tags: choice, emotion, feeling, insightful, love
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  • #27
    “Never say no when you really want to say yes.”
    ― Jenny Han, Always and Forever, Lara Jean
    tags: choice, romance, say-yes, teenage-romance
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  • #28
    Terry Pratchett
    “This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith
    tags: agency, choice, responsibility
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  • #29
    James Allen
    “A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.”
    ― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh
    tags: choice, education, mind, thought
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  • #30
    Will Smith
    “Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity. Do not misunderstand me danger is very real but fear is a choice.”
    ― Will Smith
    tags: after-earth, choice, fear
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