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title: "7 Choice Action Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Choice Action quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Choice Action sayings and thoughts."
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> [It was never really my choice to be an action heroine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izabella-scorupco/it-was-never-really-my-choice-to-be-an-action-heroine/)

[Izabella Scorupco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izabella-scorupco/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/255/izabella-scorupco-18495_action_it-was-never-really-my-choice-to-be-an-a_206801.png)

> [Something we aspire to, slow down and watch yourself. We all can become a bit more classy, it is a choice and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/something-we-aspire-to-slow-down-and-watch-yourself-we-all-can-become/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/anonymous-1_action_something-we-aspire-to-slow-down-and-wat_715546.jpg)

> [Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden/choice-of-attention-to-pay-attention-to-this-and-ignore-that-is-to/)

[W. H. Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/w-h-auden-856_action_choice-of-attention-to-pay-attention-to_1218338.png)

> [The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dewey/the-self-is-not-something-ready-made-but-something-in-continuous/)

[John Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dewey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/john-dewey-545_action_the-self-is-not-something-ready-made-but_2455422.png)

> [We often think of choice as a thing. But a choice is not a thing. Our options may be things, but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-mckeown/we-often-think-of-choice-as-a-thing-but-a-choice-is-not-a-thing-our/)

[Greg McKeown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-mckeown/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/greg-mckeown-8740_action_we-often-think-of-choice-as-a-thing-but_2471265.jpg)

> [“choice is an action. It is not just something we have but something we do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-mckeown/choice-is-an-action-it-is-not-just-something-we-have-but-something-we/)

[Greg McKeown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-mckeown/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca6/greg-mckeown-8740_action_choice-is-an-action-it-is-not-just-somet_2507533.png)

> [The true essence of happiness lies in the way the one takes the choice of action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senora-roy/the-true-essence-of-happiness-lies-in-the-way-the-one-takes-the/)

[Senora Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senora-roy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/senora-roy-422_actions_the-true-essence-of-happiness-lies-in-th_2991792.jpg)

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