“We each have a unique potential that was given to us at birth, but whether or not we cultivate it is entirely up to us. In its purest sense, Must is why we are here to begin with, and choosing it is the journey of our lives.”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“Over time, you will reach a point on your journey when you are so far down your path that suddenly, you will look around to see that you have created a world and this world has created you - step by step, line by line, your dream in real life.”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”— Howard Thurman, amazon.com
“It is here, standing at the crossroads of Should and Must, that we feel the enormous reality of our fears, and this is the moment when many of us decide against following our intuition, turning away from that place where nothing is guaranteed, nothing is known, and everything is possible.”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“Solitude is how we quiet the voices, the incessant chatter. It's how we create the necessary calm, empty spaces. Vision needs solitude. Leadership needs solitude. Courage needs solitude. Because when our choices evolve from an internal place of sure-footed, rooted knowing, we become resilient, embol…”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“When you know why you are here - what you were put on this earth to do - it is challenging to go back to life as you knew it and be satisfied. And this is why Must is elusive. This is why we avoid admitting what we want. This is why our deepest desires sit in hiding for months, years, a lifetime. An…”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.”— Joseph Campbell, amazon.com
“It's your life, but only if you make it so. The standards by which you live must be your own standards, your own values, your own convictions in regard to what is right and wrong, what is true and false, what is important and what is trivial.”— Eleanor Roosevelt,, amazon.com
“Must is different. Must is who we are, what we believe, and what we do when we are along with our truest, most authentic self. It's that which calls to us most deeply. It's our convictions, our passions, our deepest held urges and desires - unavoidable, undeniable, and inexplicable. Unlike Should, M…”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“There are two paths in life: should and must. We arrive at this crossroads over and over again. And everyday, we get to choose.”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“There are no easy choices now. In every choice you lose something. Maybe opportunity, maybe money. But lose your integrity, and you will never get it back. That's a permanent decision. You always have the choice to do the right thing. And you don't need a reason beyond that.”— Sarah Kendzior, twitter.com
“At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one.”— Harry S Truman, en.wikisource.org
“Love isn't safe, its a dangerous road, There's no choice, but to leave life to chance.”— Hafiz of Persia, mystery-school.net
“The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self-dependence must give each individual the right, to choose his own surroundings.”— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, amazon.com
“But just because you don't qualify for sainthood doesn't mean you can't form deep human connections -- or that your connections can't make a difference in the world. That's where technology comes in. If you make the moral choice to connect deeply to others, then your computer, your phone, and your t…”— Melinda Gates, today.duke.edu
“They gave me a choice. I could stand by my dad, or stand by Duncan and my dead best friend's family. I chose Dad. It's a decision I live with every day. And you want to know the kicker? I don't even know what's true anymore. Maybe everyone else is right. Maybe Dad screwed up the investigation. Maybe…”— Rob Thomas, Veronica Mars, Kristen Bell, imdb.com
“Choices, Lawrence. You know, you tell yourself you've been at the mercy of mine because it spares you consideration of your own. Because if you did consider your choices you'd be confronted with a truth you could not comprehend—that no choice you ever made was your own. You have always been a prison…”— Ed Brubaker, Jonathan Nolan, imdb.com