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• We should always choose our books as God chooses our friends, just a bit beyond us, so that we have to do our level best to keep up with them.

  Oswald Chambers

  Inspirational, Friendship, God

  Oswald Chambers (2015). “Shade of His Hand: Talks on the Book of Ecclesiastes”, p.82, Discovery House

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• Evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of any relaitonship is your responsibility. You do not have to passively accept what is brought to you. You can choose.

  Deborah

  Responsibility, Benefits, Accepting

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• Your capacity to say "No" determines your capacity to say "Yes" to greater things.

  E. Stanley Jones

  Inspirational, Choices, Saying Yes

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• We automatically give to each person we meet, but we choose what we give. Our words, our actions, must consciously set the stage for the life we wish to lead.

  Marlo Morgan

  Life, Giving, Wish

  Marlo Morgan (1991). “Mutant message down under”, Bookpeople

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• Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives, the cumulative experience of many masters of craftsmanship. Quality also marks the search for an ideal after necessity has been satisfied and mere usefulness achieved.

  John Ruskin

  Wise, Intelligent, Choices

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• Only human beings can reorder their lives any day they choose by refining their philosophy.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Life, Attitude

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 17, 2017

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• In our course we teach that "no thought lives in your head rent-free." Each thought you have will either be an investment or a cost. It will either move you toward happiness and success or away from it. It will either empower you or disempower you. That's why it is imperative you choose your thoughts and beliefs wisely.

  T. Harv Eker

  Success, Moving, Thinking

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Jul 31, 2012

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• This fork in the road happens over a hundred times a day, and it's the choices that you make that will determine the shape of your life.

  Liz Murray

  Life, Choices, Shapes

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• When we do align with it, we thrive. And when we do not, we suffer. This is not "punishment." It is merely the Law of Cause and Effect. With each thought we think, we either align with universal love, or we disconnect ourselves from it. Whichever is our choice determines whether we then feel connected to, or disconnected, from our own true Selves.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Thinking, Self

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Apr 23, 2013

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• Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.

  Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Eric Swanson, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (2010). “The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness”, p.250, Random House

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• You are always walking in the direction of either love or fear. Choose wisely.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Powerful, Walking

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• People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspiring, Mean, Thinking

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.44, Prabhat Prakashan

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• Human beings act in a great variety of irrational ways, but all of them seem to be capable, if given a fair chance, of making a reasonable choice in the light of available evidence. Democratic institutions can be made to work only if all concerned do their best to impart knowledge and to encourage rationality. But today, in the world's most powerful democracy, the politicians and the propagandists prefer to make nonsense of democratic procedures by appealing almost exclusively to the ignorance and irrationality of the electors.

  Aldous Huxley

  Powerful, Ignorance, Knowledge

  Aldous Huxley, Robert S. Baker, James Sexton (2002). “Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948”, Ivan R. Dee Publisher

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• We must begin to make what I call "conscious choices," and to really recognize that we are the same. It's from that place in my heart that I write my songs.

  John Denver

  Inspirational, Song, Writing

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• The choice to be used as an instrument of love, right here, right now, is a choice for personal empowerment.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love, Inspirational, Choices

  Marianne Williamson (1992). “A return to love: reflections on the principles of "A course in miracles"”

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• Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.

  Andrzej Sapkowski

  Life, Evil, Choices

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• The wizard [of Oz] says look inside yourself and find self. God says look inside yourself and find [the Holy Spirit]. The first will get you to Kansas. The latter will get you to heaven. Take your pick.

  Max Lucado

  Faith, God, Christian

  Max Lucado (1996). “When God Whispers Your Name”, W Publishing Group

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  I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

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• Most people sabotage themselves because they aren't mindful in the moment. Let your daily actions be governed by your goals & dreams. Whenever you are making an important decision first ask if it gets you closer to your goals or farther away. If the answer is closer, pull the trigger. If it's farther away make a different choice. Conscious choice making is a critical step in making your dreams a reality.

  Jillian Michaels

  Motivational, Dream, Reality

  FaceBook post by Jillian Michaels from Mar 27, 2011

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• I realized this weak that I just cannot do it all. So I will choose to do what i can, fabulously.

  Clinton Kelly

  Inspirational, New Year, Choices

  FaceBook post by Clinton Kelly from Aug 26, 2013

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• Always choose attitude over experience. Always.

  Barbara Corcoran

  Motivational, Attitude, Choices

  Twitter post from Mar 03, 2016

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• I really feel that some people neglect and overlook compassion because they associate it with religion. Of course, everyone is free to choose whether they pay religion any regard, but to neglect compassion is a mistake because it is the source of our own well-being.

  Dalai Lama

  Sympathy, Spiritual, Wisdom

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• Sometimes it's the words we choose not to say that speak most loudly about our character.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Character, Choices, Deep Thought

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Nov 14, 2015

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• Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?

  Adam Grant

  Appreciation, Time, Worry

  Adam Grant (2013). “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success”, p.12, Penguin

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• I have learned that in every circumstance that comes my way, I can choose to respond in one of two ways: I can whine or I can worship! And I can't worship without giving thanks. It just isn't possible. When we choose the pathway of worship and giving thanks, especially in the midst of difficult circumstances, there is a fragrance, a radiance, that issues forth out of our lives to bless the Lord and others.

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  Life, Thanksgiving, God

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