Personal Choice Quotes

• It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ch. 18 (1999)

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• Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.

  Alfred Armand Montapert

  Responsibility, Choices, Express Yourself

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• The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sympathy

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• No limits are set to the ascent of man, and to each and everyone the highest stands open. Here it is only your personal choice that decides.

  Martin Buber

  Men, Choices, Ascent

  Martin Buber (2013). “Ten Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings”, p.41, Routledge

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• Politics is not only about personal choice. That one also needs to take into consideration what the people want because in the end, they are the ones who decide.

  Paul Kagame

  People, Choices, Want

  "Paul Kagame Interview in Jeune Afrique: 'Rwanda is a democracy not a monarchy'". umuvugizi.wordpress.com. April 9, 2016.

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• Political risk is hard to manage because so much comes down to the personal choices of policymakers, whether prime ministers or heads of central banks.

  James Surowiecki

  Choices, Political, Risk

  "The Age of Political Risk". www.newyorker.com. May 24, 2010.

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• Choices are our choices so I am not taking away anyone's personal choice, but we run into difficulty when we're having choices made for us rather than making our own.

  Robert Moss

  Running, Choices Made, Difficulty

  "If You Want To Be A Shaman, Start At The Breakfast Table. An Interview with Dreamer Robert Moss". Interview with Krysta Gibson, nhne-pulse.org.

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• You really don't create an authoritarian society unless you control the personal choices including the sexual choices of the people.

  Hugh Hefner

  People, Choices, Including

  "Cold War/ Make Love Not War". Documentary, History, nsarchive.gwu.edu. 1998.

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• We are either the masters or victims of our attitudes. It is a matter of personal choice. Who we are today is the result of choices we made yesterday. Tomorrow, we will become what we choose today. To change means to choose change.

  John C. Maxwell

  Christian, Attitude, Mean

  John C. Maxwell (2006). “Motivated to Succeed: Inspirational Selections from John C. Maxwell”, p.23, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• We did not choose to believe that personal choice is the highest human virtue. Rather, we were taught, formed, forced to believe nothing is important in life other than that which we have personally chosen. The irony is that the belief that nothing is important in life other than that which we have personally chosen is a belief that we have not personally chosen! The supermarket and shopping mall have been our school.

  William Henry Willimon

  Believe, School, Shopping

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• I was brought up Catholic. I'm lapsed. From the age of three I was with the nuns. Now I'm an atheist. I think religion does a lot for us but I can't quite believe it, alas... It's just a personal choice. I love the idea of heaven though. Who doesn't? It's lovely.

  Paul Bettany

  Atheist, Believe, Thinking

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• Without impending on your own personal choice, there are going to be those that wear the hat of religion and those that wear the hat of science. I still don't really understand why they can't wear both hats, because personally, I think that they go beautifully together.

  Nicolas Cage

  Thinking, Choices, Together

  "Knowing" Press conference, collider.com. March 18, 2009.

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• Sure smokers have made personal choices. And they pay for those choices every day, whether sitting through an airline flight dyingfor a smoke, or dying for a smoke in the oncology wing of a hospital. The tobacco companies have not paid nearly enough for the killing.

  Anna Quindlen

  Wings, Addiction, Choices

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• I believe that for the most part, achieving success - whatever that is for you - is mostly a matter of personal choice and that, initially, making the right choices can be difficult.

  Ray Dalio

  Life, Believe, Choices

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• Everybody's got regrets. It's a personal choice as to whether or not you can change.

  Josh Duhamel

  Regret, Choices

  Source: www.hitfix.com

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• My collections are a reflection of my personal style and interests. All the textiles, fabrics and patterns are of my personal choice.

  Ashley Purdy

  Reflection, Choices, Style

  Source: marleymagazine.com

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• I do not agree that NIMBYism is wrong morally. I believe that NIMBYism is wrong ethically. It's a personal choice.

  Chicken John

  Believe, Choices, Agree

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Donald Trump has been nothing but gracious, and a gentleman and a wonderful mentor and boss to me, and to other women. So that's all, that would be my personal choice; not a demand on me.

  Kellyanne Conway

  Choices, Boss, Gentleman

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Your personal choices matter. And you have the power. Use it.

  Gloria Feldt

  Choices, Use, Matter

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• I like all kinds of comedy. I like comedy that doesn't talk about real beliefs or serious thoughts, but then I also like the stuff that does. I think it just depends. It's a completely personal choice.

  Maria Bamford

  Real, Thinking, Choices

  Interview with Jason Zabel, www.avclub.com. May 12, 2011.

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• I didn't want to become this stiffened - and that was just a personal choice, at that time. And, the idea was also to go to film first, get enough notoriety in film that I could interpret some of the opera stuff the way I would want to interpret it.

  Robert Davi

  Ideas, Choices, Firsts

  "INTERVIEW: Actor Robert Davi On His Frank Sinatra Tribute, His Hamptons Roots, "Davi’s Way" And More". Interview with Nicole Barylski, www.hamptons.com.

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  People would say 'Who is a leader?' A leader is a person that does the work. It's very simple. It's a personal choice for people who choose to put in their time and their commitment to do the work. It's a personal choice.

  Dolores Huerta

  Commitment, Simple, People

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

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• Why become enlightened? Why join the military? Why get married? Why cross the ocean? It is a personal choice. There is something in a person that draws them to the light.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Military, Ocean

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• There is a lot of opposition. You will experience it. But the joys that come from the study, more than compensate for the opposition, in my opinion. It's a personal choice.

  Frederick Lenz

  Choices, Joy, Opinion

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• In terms of personal choices, let's all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.

  Sylvia Earle

  Thinking, Choices, Protein

  "Can We Stop Killing Our Oceans Now, Please?" by Sylvia Earle, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 14, 2013.

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