“Choose between something he had become accustomed to and something he wanted to have.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”— Toni Morrison, amazon.com
“There comes a time when every life goes off course. In this desperate moment you must choose your direction. Will you fight to stay on the path while others tell you who you are? Or will you label yourself? Will you be honored by your choice? Or will you embrace your new path? Each morning you choos…”— Lucas Scott, amazon.com
“Don't put limits on yourself. So many dreams are waiting to be realized. Decisions are too important to leave for chance. Reach for your peak. Your goal. Your prize.”— Douglas Pagels, amazon.com
“What's the Future? It's a blank sheet of paper, and we draw lines on it, but sometimes our hand is held, and the lines we draw aren't the lines we wanted.”— John Marsden, amazon.com
“If given the choice, take the slow road. I don’t know a lot, but I have come to learn that the shortcuts in life aren’t usually half the fun. Here’s to the slow road, and the beauty along the way.”— Tyler Knott Gregson, tylerknott.com
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.”— Viktor E. Frankl, amazon.com
“There was no good reason for me to do as he said, not then, not ever. I want to make that very clear. No mater what Dan asked of me, I always had the ability to say no. I simply didn't take it.”— Megan Hart, amazon.com
“I didn’t fall in love with James. Falling sounds like an accident. Falling hurts. I’d fallen in love with Michael, fallen hard like slipping off a cliff and hitting the rocks below. Falling in love was something I’d vowed never to do again. I chose to love James.”— Megan Hart, amazon.com
“Okay, here it is, your choice...it's simple, her or me, and I'm sure she is really great. But Derek, I love you, in a really, really big 'pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window', unfortunate way that makes me hate…”— Shonda Rhimes, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com
“The idea that we could control the course of our lives through rational choices was as absurd as a fish trying to control the ocean in which it swam.”— Elif Shafak, amazon.com
“Identical moral choices can require far more personal courage in some instances than others and those who do the right thing under such circumstances are very brave indeed.”— Karl Malantes, amazon.com
“I will defend the absolute value of Mozart over Miley Cyrus, of course I will, but we should be wary of false dichotomies. You do not have to choose between one or the other. You can have both.”— Stephen Fry, books.google.com
“You can choose to blame your circumstances on fate or bad luck or bad choices. Or you can fight back. Things aren’t always going to be fair in the real world. That’s just the way it is. But for the most part, you get what you give. Rest of your life is being shaped right now. With the dreams you cha…”— Haley James Scott, amazon.com
“Create space for someone who matters. Let yourself be open to the opportunity of a truly inspiring relationship. Be bold enough to not apologize or be ashamed of dating yourself. You’re pretty amazing.”— Kali Rogers, thoughtcatalog.com
“I feel I'm doing what I should've done a lifetime ago. For a little while I'm not afraid. Maybe it's because I'm doing the right thing at last.”— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com
“My mother had always told her kids: if you're about to do something, and you want to know if it's a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com