“Then I decided I didn’t want any regrets. I’m done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.”— Ned Vizzini, amazon.com
“The heart makes its choices without weighing the consequences. It doesn’t look ahead to the lonely nights that follow.”— Tess Gerritsen, amazon.com
“We have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn us. We can become consumed by hate and darkness, or we’re able to regain our humanity somehow, or come to terms with things and learn something about ourselves.”— Angelina Jolie, dailymail.co.uk
“I will choose you. Even on the days when you do not choose yourself, on the nights when your hair is a mess and your posture is slumped.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“Somethings in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy. Or, you could refuse to take the next step. You could refuse to take what you wanted most because you’re afraid some day you might lose it.”— Nora Roberts, amazon.com
“The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.”— Marion Zimmer Bradley, amazon.com
“We are foolish and sentimental and melodramatic at twenty-five, but if we weren’t perhaps we should be less wise at fifty.”— W. Somerset Maugham, amazon.com
“But always choose who you deal with. Who you give power to. This is the way of reclaiming power over your own life.”— James Altucher, thoughtcatalog.com
“I always think I live a life where I do what I choose. I find the uncertainty in life breeds anxiety and seeks out worry in the brain.”— James Altucher, thoughtcatalog.com
“Own what you do. I don’t mean legally or financially (although that could be fine if you get it). But own your decisions. Make your choices. Once you have to ask for permission, someone else has the keys to your freedom.”— James Altucher, thoughtcatalog.com
“I’m working on my own life story. I don’t mean I’m putting it together; no, I’m taking it apart.”— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com
“The only meaningful thing we can offer one another is love. Not advice, not questions about our choices, not suggestions for the future, just love.”— Glennon Melton, amazon.com
“Since the world has changed so much, the same values don’t lead to the same choices anymore”— Jonathan Safran Foer, amazon.com
“You’re not a kid anymore. You have the right to choose your own life. You can start again. If you want a cat, all you have to do is choose a life in which you can have a cat. It’s simple. It’s your right.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com