--- title: "21 Choose Yourself Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 21 Choose Yourself quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Choose Yourself sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/patricia-dsouza-9859_child-abuse_make-peace-within-you-now-set-free-and-s_2103299.jpg" --- > [“Make peace within you now. Set free and stop battling within. Choose yourself over and over.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-dsouza/make-peace-within-you-now-set-free-and-stop-battling-within-choose/) [Patricia Dsouza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-dsouza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/patricia-dsouza-9859_child-abuse_make-peace-within-you-now-set-free-and-s_2103299.jpg) > [“The day you choose yourself, happiness chooses you back.” — Ashmeet”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashmeet-kaur/the-day-you-choose-yourself-happiness-chooses-you-back-ashmeet/) [Ashmeet Kaur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashmeet-kaur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/ashmeet-kaur-221210_happiness_the-day-you-choose-yourself-happiness-ch_2209293.jpg) > [“Choose Yourself! Copyright © 2013 by James Altucher”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-altucher/choose-yourself-copyright-2013-by-james-altucher/) [James Altucher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-altucher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/james-altucher-1597_choice_choose-yourself-copyright-2013-by-james_1748190.png) > [“Love that wounds over time is not love, it’s a lesson to grow stronger and choose yourself first.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayoub-imilouane/love-that-wounds-over-time-is-not-love-it-s-a-lesson-to-grow-stronger/) [Ayoub Imilouane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayoub-imilouane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/ayoub-imilouane-27255_choose-yourself_love-that-wounds-over-time-is-not-love-i_1843037.jpg) > [Now for the first time, you can choose yourself. You can be responsible for what you do and how you do it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/now-for-the-first-time-you-can-choose-yourself-you-can-be-responsible/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/655/seth-godin-152_audience_now-for-the-first-time-you-can-choose-yo_2918972.jpg) > [There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always choose yourself, and turn your parents into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-quindlen/there-is-only-room-in-the-lifeboat-of-your-life-for-one-and-you/) [Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-quindlen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/857/anna-quindlen-467_choose_there-is-only-room-in-the-lifeboat-of-yo_871754.png) > [The little things, I can obey. But the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morrie-schwartz/the-little-things-i-can-obey-but-the-big-things-how-we-think-what-we/) [Morrie Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morrie-schwartz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/567/morrie-schwartz-9885_big-things_the-little-things-i-can-obey-but-the-big_26068.png) > [“master the tools of keeping healthy and building the platform of self-sufficiency that is necessary to choose yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-altucher/master-the-tools-of-keeping-healthy-and-building-the-platform-of-self/) [James Altucher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-altucher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/james-altucher-1597_health_master-the-tools-of-keeping-healthy-and_2116381.png) > [“It’s your life. Not a democracy, not a debate. And the moment you choose yourself, the world has no choice but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julieanne-o-connor/it-s-your-life-not-a-democracy-not-a-debate-and-the-moment-you-choose/) [Julieanne O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julieanne-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/julieanne-o-connor-13873_choice_it-s-your-life-not-a-democracy-not-a-deb_2518169.jpg) > [No longer is someone coming to hire you, to invest in your company, to sign you, to pick you. It's on you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-altucher/no-longer-is-someone-coming-to-hire-you-to-invest-in-your-company-to/) [James Altucher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-altucher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/james-altucher-1597_business_no-longer-is-someone-coming-to-hire-you_788044.png) > [When you have the kind of success 'Minecraft' has brought, you can just choose yourself the way you want to do things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-persson/when-you-have-the-kind-of-success-minecraft-has-brought-you-can-just/) [Markus Persson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-persson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/markus-persson-25173_choose_when-you-have-the-kind-of-success-minecr_2996099.jpg) > [“The ability to ignore the instant chatter of the mind and to recognize there is something beyond it. There is wisdom beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-altucher/the-ability-to-ignore-the-instant-chatter-of-the-mind-and-to/) [James Altucher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-altucher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/james-altucher-1597_psychology_the-ability-to-ignore-the-instant-chatte_1224946.png) > [“In this new era, you have two choices: become a temp staffer (not a horrible choice) or become an artist-entrepreneur. Choose to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-altucher/in-this-new-era-you-have-two-choices-become-a-temp-staffer-not-a/) [James Altucher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-altucher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/james-altucher-1597_art_in-this-new-era-you-have-two-choices-bec_2588559.jpg) > [Same thing here in Germany. You won't get pleorbms with completely unreasonable court fees to pay though, because there is quite a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dolce/same-thing-here-in-germany-you-won-t-get-pleorbms-with-completely/) [Dolce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dolce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ee/dolce-233160_money_same-thing-here-in-germany-you-won-t-get_1436685.jpg) > [“The rise of corporatism (as opposed to capitalism) forced people into cubicles instead of out into the world, exploring and inventing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-altucher/the-rise-of-corporatism-as-opposed-to-capitalism-forced-people-into/) [James Altucher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-altucher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/james-altucher-1597_confidence-in-yourse_the-rise-of-corporatism-as-opposed-to-ca_317995.jpg) > [I don't mean you disregard every rule of your community. I don't go around naked, for example. I don't run through red…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/i-don-t-mean-you-disregard-every-rule-of-your-community-i-don-t-go/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ba/mitch-albom-187_big-things_i-don-t-mean-you-disregard-every-rule-of_537559.png) > [“Don’t pressure yourself. This is similar to the “burnout” issue from the chapter “How to Choose Yourself.” Sometimes you plant seeds but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-altucher/don-t-pressure-yourself-this-is-similar-to-the-burnout-issue-from-the/) [James Altucher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-altucher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/james-altucher-1597_flower_don-t-pressure-yourself-this-is-similar_2279223.png) > [At every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose \*your\* self? Body and soul contain a thousand possibilities out of which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dag-hammarskj-ld/at-every-moment-you-choose-yourself-but-do-you-choose-your-self-body/) [Dag Hammarskjold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dag-hammarskj-ld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/063/dag-hammarskj-ld-2606_anchors_at-every-moment-you-choose-yourself-but_1382043.jpg) > [“Our parents are never people to us, never, they're always traits, Achilles' heels, dim nightmares, vocal tics, bad noses, hot tears, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-quindlen/our-parents-are-never-people-to-us-never-they-re-always-traits/) [Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-quindlen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/040/anna-quindlen-467_hot-tea_our-parents-are-never-people-to-us-never_2240790.jpg) > [“Ivanov: You only qualified last year, my dear friend, you're still young and confident, but I am thirty-five. I have the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-chekhov/ivanov-you-only-qualified-last-year-my-dear-friend-you-re-still-young/) [Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-chekhov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/anton-chekhov-298_dear-friend_ivanov-you-only-qualified-last-year-my-d_1446935.jpg) > [Writing so that I can act became a way of having not more control over my future but not having to wait…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-marling/writing-so-that-i-can-act-became-a-way-of-having-not-more-control/) [Brit Marling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-marling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/brit-marling-7629_choose_writing-so-that-i-can-act-became-a-way-o_2749075.png) ## Top authors on Choose Yourself - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-altucher-46093.jpg) James Altucher 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choose-yourself/james-altucher/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choose-yourself/#itemlist", "name": "Choose Yourself Quotes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Make peace within you now. 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You won't get pleorbms with completely unreasonable court fees to pay though, because there is quite a strict system on how much money a lawyer may take from his client. The sum largely depends on the so called Streitwert , which is the amount of money you are suing for, so you can choose yourself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dolce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dolce/same-thing-here-in-germany-you-won-t-get-pleorbms-with-completely/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ee/dolce-233160_money_same-thing-here-in-germany-you-won-t-get_1436685.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ee/dolce-233160_money_same-thing-here-in-germany-you-won-t-get_1436685.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ee/dolce-233160_money_same-thing-here-in-germany-you-won-t-get_1436685.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Same thing here in Germany. 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