“If you limit your choice only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.”
“The only thing you have to do in this life is die, said Mrs. Pinsky... everything else is a choice.”
“It s no accident, I think, that tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love, the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature. Even the structure of tennis, the way the pieces fit inside one another like Russian nesting dolls, mimics the structure of our days. Points become games become sets become tournaments, and it s all so tightly connected that any point can become the turning point. It reminds me of the way seconds become minutes become hours, and any hour can be our finest. Or darkest. It s our choice.”
“… Who cares about the crowded, broad road? I’ll walk the single-plank bridge into the night…”
“If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.”
“I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.”
“Temptation is the feeling we get when encountered by an opportunity to do what we innately know we shouldn t.”
“Nothing is permanently perfect. But there are perfect moments and the will to choose what will bring about more perfect moments.”
“You were the one who changed us when you left me in the tree house; and you keep thinking that if you push hard enough, you can make everything go back to before that moment. It doesn t work that way. Give me a chance to choose you.”
“You have to choose the best, every day, without compromise...guided by your own virtue and highest ambition”
“Destiny is a pretty story we tell ourselves. Lurking beneath it there are only people, and the terrible choices we make.”
“Everyone has the abbility to hurt. It s the choice that matters.”
“F-E-A-R has two meanings: Forget Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours.”
“If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.”
“You have been blessed with immeasurable power to make positive changes in your life.”
“Finding happiness should not be seen as finding a needle in a haystack. Happiness is within. Each day is a blessing that brings an abundance of happiness. Therefore, finding happiness should be like finding a gift in a stack of gifts.”
“[Research] suggests that what we think of as free will is largely an illusion: much of the time, we are simply operating on automatic pilot, and the way we think and act – and how well we think and act on the spur of the moment – are a lot more susceptible to outside influences than we realize.”