All Quotes By Tag: Choices
“We are the sum total of the decisions we have made.”
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“A crossroad is a holy place. There, the pilgrim has to make a decision. That is why thegods usually sleep and eat at crossroads. Where roads cross, two great forces are concentrated -thepath that will be chosen, and the path to be ignored. Both are transformed into a single path, but only fora short period of time. The pilgrim may rest, sleep a bit, and even consult with the gods that inhabit thecrossroad. But no one can remain there forever: once his choice is made, he has to move on, withoutthinking about the path he has rejected. Otherwise, the crossroad becomes a curse.”
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“To stay or to go, it amounted to the same thing.”
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“Chiron had said once that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. “No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.”“But what if he is your friend?” Achilles had asked him, feet kicked up on the wall of the rose-quartz cave. “Or your brother? Should you treat him the same as a stranger?”“You ask a question that philosophers argue over,” Chiron had said. “He is worth more to you, perhaps. But the stranger is someone else’s friend and brother. So which life is more important?”We had been silent. We were fourteen, and these things were too hard for us. Now that we are twenty-seven, they still feel too hard.He is half of my soul, as the poets say. He will be dead soon, and his honor is all that will remain. It is his child, his dearest self. Should I reproach him for it? I have saved Briseis. I cannot save them all.I know, now, how I would answer Chiron. I would say: there is no answer. Whichever you choose, you are wrong.”
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“Attitude is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, money, circumstances, than failures and success, than what other people think, say, or do. It is more important than appearance, ability, or skill. It will make or break a business, a home, a friendship, an organization. The remarkable thing is I have a choice every day of what my attitude will be. I cannot change my past. I cannot change the actions of others. I cannot change the inevitable. The only thing I can change is attitude. Life is ten percent what happens to me and ninety percent how I react to it.”
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“You climbed into my window in the middle of the night. So, either you’re some kind of Vampire or some kind of Perv. Which is it?”
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“It’s up to you today to start making healthy choices. Not choices that are just healthy for your body, but healthy for your mind.”
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“Focus on making choices to lead your life that aligns with your core values in the most purposeful way possible.”
“You can’t control what others think. The only thing you can control is yourself. Some people will look down on you for your choices in life, no matter what they are. You can’t do anything about that. The only thing you can do is decide how to live your own life. And to hell with everybody else”
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“Your beliefs affect your choices. Your choices shape your actions. Your actions determine your results. The future you create depends upon the choices you make and the actions you take today.”
“Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first.”
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“The greatest thing a father can do for his children is to respect the woman that gave birth to his children. It is because of her that you have the greatest treasures in your life. You may have moved on, but your children have not. If you can’t be her soulmate, then at least be thoughtful. Whom your children love should always be someone that you acknowledge with kindness. Your children notice everything and will follow your example.”
“When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.”
“Everyone has choices to make; no one has the right to take those choices away from us. Not even out of love..”
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“The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it’s not. It is an existential truth: only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core of another person–without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without reducing the other to a thing, and without becoming addicted to the other. They allow the other absolute freedom, because they know that if the other leaves, they will be as happy as they are now. Their happiness cannot be taken by the other, because it is not given by the other.”
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