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  You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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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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• Every man builds his world in his own image; he has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice. If he abdicates his power, he abdicates the status of man, and the grinding chaos of the irrational is what he achieves as his sphere of existence—by his own choice.

  Ayn Rand

  Power, Men, Escaping

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.604, Hamilton Books

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• Progress is rarely a straight line. There are always bumps in the road, but you can make the choice to keep looking ahead.

  Kara Goucher

  Motivational, Running, Choices

  FaceBook post by Kara Goucher from Jan 23, 2013

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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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• Love and fear represent two different lenses through which to view the world. Which I choose to use will determine what I think I see.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love, Inspirational, Fear

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Apr 17, 2012

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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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• We can either passively continue on the road to utter domestication and destruction or turn in the direction of joyful upheaval, passionate and feral embrace of wildness and life that aims at dancing on the ruins of clocks, computers and that failure of imagination and will called work. Can we justify our lives by anything less than such a politics of rage and dreams?

  John Zerzan

  Inspirational, Life, Dance

  John Zerzan (2012). “Future Primitive Revisited”, p.96, Feral House

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• Unless we change our food choices, nothing else matters. Because it is meat that is destroying most of our forests. It is meat that pollutes the waters. It is meat that is creating disease which leads to all our money being diverted to hospitals. So, it's the first choice for anybody who wants to save the Earth.

  Maneka Gandhi

  Money, Food, Animal

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  Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Inspirational, Self Esteem, Greatness

  Nathaniel Hawthorne (1868). “Passages from the American Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne”, p.28

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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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• Pity the man who has a favorite restaurant, but not a favorite author. He's picked out a favorite place to feed his body, but he doesn't have a favorite place to feed his mind!

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Reading, Men

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Dec 10, 2013

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• There comes a time in the spiritual journey when you start making choices from a very different place. And if a choice lines up so that it supports truth, health, happiness, wisdom and love, it's the right choice.

  Angeles Arrien

  Love, Life, Spiritual

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• There are really only two ways to approach life - as victim or as gallant fighter - and you must decide if you want to act or react, deal your own cards or play with a stacked deck. And if you don't decide which way to play with life, it always plays with you.

  Merle Shain

  Inspirational, Life, Play

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• Having the choice at the end of my life has become incredibly important. It has given me a sense of peace during a time that otherwise would be dominated by fear, uncertainty and pain.

  Brittany Maynard

  Life, Death, Time

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• Managing the power of choice, with all it's creative and spiritual implications, is the essence of the human experience.

  Caroline Myss

  Spiritual, Essence, Creative

  Caroline Myss (2013). “Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing”, p.132, Harmony

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• We are both burdened and blessed by the great responsibility of the will - the power of choice. Our future is determined, in large part, by the choices we make now. We cannot always control our circumstances, but we can and do choose our response to whatever arises. Reclaiming the power of choice, we find the courage to live fully in the world.

  Dan Millman

  Blessed, Responsibility, Choices

  Dan Millman (2001). “The Laws of Spirit: Simple, Powerful Truths for Making Life Work”, p.17, H J Kramer

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• We've been gifted with the power of choice...in our actions, our thoughts, and our words. The quality of our lives gets better or worse depending on which direction we go with our choices.

  Shawn Anderson

  Choices, Get Better, Quality

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• In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Life, Motivational, Running

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). “You Learn by Living”, p.12, Westminster John Knox Press

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• There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Bad Ass

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• We design our lives through the power of choices.

  Richard Bach

  Graduation, Choices, Design

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• The only way God could impose peace on the world would be to robotize our wills and rob every human being of the power of choice. He has not chosen to do that. He has given every person a free will.

  John Haggai

  God, Choices, Would Be

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• It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.

  Jean Nidetch

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive Thinking

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• Managing the power of choice, with all its creative and spiritual implications, is the essence of the human experience. All spiritual teachings are directed toward inspiring us to recognize that the power to make choices is the dynamic that converts our spirits into matter, our words into flesh. Choice is the process of creation itself.

  Caroline Myss

  Spiritual, Teaching, Essence

  Caroline Myss (2013). “Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing”, p.132, Harmony

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