Choice
Definition: Choices: plural noun. An act of choosing between two or more possibilities. (Especially of food) of very good quality.
Number of Quotes: 23
Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
John Adams
More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter
hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.
Woody Allen
Once the what
is decided the how
always follows. We must not make the how
an excuse for not facing and accepting the what.
Pearl S. Buck
When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the
wolves will eat you; if you go left, you'll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you'll eat yourself.
Anton Chekhov
It is your own conviction which compels you; that is, choice compels choice.
Epictetus
We should never allow ourselves to be bullied by an either-or. There is often
the possibility of something better than either of these two alternatives.
Mary Parker Follett
Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.
Henry Ford
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to
choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Victor Frankl
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
The best taxes are such as are levied upon consumptions, especially those of luxury ... They seem, in
some measure, voluntary; since a man may chuse how far he will use the commodity which is taxed.
David Hume
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
Nicos Kazantzakis
When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
W. Somerset Maugham
I would have been a success in anything. But I have chosen an activity that was socially useful and that aspect gives me extra satisfaction.
Robert Maxwell
We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.
John Henry Newman
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. 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
There is always a multitude of reasons both in favour of doing a thing and against doing it. The art of
debate lies in presenting them; the art of life lies in neglecting ninety-nine hundredths of them.
Mark Rutherford
Even children learn in growing up that both
is not an admissible answer to a choice of which one?
Paul Samuelson
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
Whether it's choosing a career or deciding what charity to get involved with, the choice should come from your heart.
Ultimately, you are the one who has to get up every morning and enjoy what you are doing, so make sure it matters to you.
Dave Thomas
Business doesn't have to choose between making profit and protecting the environment, between economic success and ethical responsibility, between
satisfying the customer and meeting the demands of other stakeholders. In other words, we don't have to make a choice between profits and principles.
Jeroen van der Veer
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
Mae West
Be careful to choose your enemies well. Friends don't much matter. But the choice of enemies is very important.
Oscar Wilde
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too
careful in the choice of his enemies. I have not one who is a fool. They are all men of some intellectual power, and consequently they all appreciate me.
Oscar Wilde