Freedom To Choose Quotes - Page 2

• 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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• Young people everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit. Everywhere they have chosen the garbage disposal unit.

  Guy Debord

  Love, Funny, Humorous

  "Yes, too many of us are in pointless jobs - but don't despair" by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, www.theguardian.com. January 6, 2015.

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• I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.

  John Diefenbaker

  Country, Freedom, Believe

  John George Diefenbaker (1982). “The Wit & Wisdom of John Diefenbaker”, Hurtig Trade

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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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• 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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• A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on the character and circumstances. A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.

  James Allen

  Inspirational, Character, Men

  James Allen (1923). “As a Man Thinketh”, p.13, New Line Publishing

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• Compassionate action starts with seeing yourself when you start to make yourself right and when you start to make yourself wrong. At that point you could just contemplate the fact that there is a larger alternative to either of those, a more tender, shaky kind of place where you could live.

  Pema Chodron

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

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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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• You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. . . it's your choice

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Inspirational, Happy, Smart

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• Each day you're presented with a choice. You can either keep your greatness hidden under a pile of fears, regrets, and excuses, or you can let it out. So the best way to begin unlocking inner greatness is to make a conscious choice to live out the rest of today, with the best you.

  Lewis Howes

  Inspirational, Regret, Fear

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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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• How do you want to live your life? How do you want to play the game? Do you want to play in the big leagues or in the little leagues, in the majors or the minors? Are you going to play big or play small? It's your choice.

  T. Harv Eker

  Life, Games, Play

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Mar 28, 2013

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• I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies of mankind. And I continue to cling to words because it is up to us to transform them into instruments of comprehension rather than contempt. It is up to us to choose whether we wish to use them to curse or to heal, to wound or to console.

  Elie Wiesel

  Inspirational, Sympathy, Believe

  Elie Wiesel (2012). “Open Heart”, p.73, Schocken

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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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• God maintains a delicate balance between keeping his existence sufficiently evident so people will know he's there and yet hiding his presence enough so that people who want to choose to ignore him can do it. This way, their choice of destiny is really free.

  J.P. Moreland

  God, Christian, Freedom

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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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• 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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• Satan has no power over us except what we allow. Moment by moment, decision by decision, step by step - will we operate in God's all powerful Truth or allow Satan to entangle us in his lies?

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Powerful, Lying, Decision

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Mar 22, 2015

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• We all come into this world the same: naked, scared, and ignorant. After that grand entrance, the life we end up with is simply an accumulation of the choices we make.

  Darren Hardy

  Choices, Ignorant, Naked

  Darren Hardy (2011). “The Compound Effect”, p.30, Hachette UK

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• Races don't fall in love, genders don't fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.

  John Lewis

  Falling In Love, Race, Individual

  Twitter post from Jul 11, 2014

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• Life's a choice: you can live in black and white, or you can live in colour. I'll take every shade of the rainbow and the gazillion in between!

  Karen Marie Moning

  Black And White, Rainbow, Choices

  Karen Marie Moning (2012). “Iced: Fever Series”, p.155, Delacorte Press

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• You can live constrained within the confines of a solely material perspective, or choose instead the infinite field of quantum possibility.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Perspective, Fields

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Apr 09, 2013

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• Freedom means choosing your burden.

  Hephzibah Menuhin

  Freedom, Mean, Adversity

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• My life is about my journey, and your life is about your journey. You are completely unqualified to draw my map, and I am completely unqualified to draw yours. I hope you'll let me know all about the path you've found, so that I may judge it for myself against my own path, and have the freedom to choose between the two. But please don't try and drag me from my path on to yours, and I will be sure to return the favor.

  Derek R. Audette

  Life, Journey, Two

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• Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.

  Tara Brach

  Desire, Acting, Radical Acceptance

  Tara Brach (2012). “Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame”, p.158, Random House

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