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title: "17 Decided Life Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Decided Life quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Decided Life sayings and thoughts."
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> [“I decided life was too short to wait for what you want.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-lynne/i-decided-life-was-too-short-to-wait-for-what-you-want/)

[Carol Lynne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-lynne/)

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> [I don't think I've decided much in my life. Don't you think life just happens?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/i-don-t-think-i-ve-decided-much-in-my-life-don-t-you-think-life-just/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

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> [I have never decided anything in my life for money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-valdes/i-have-never-decided-anything-in-my-life-for-money/)

[Victor Valdes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-valdes/)

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> [I decided to have a life: to become - pardon the expression - a soccer mom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-clark/i-decided-to-have-a-life-to-become-pardon-the-expression-a-soccer-mom/)

[Marcia Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcia-clark/)

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> [So long as we do not blow our brains out, we have decided life is worth living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/so-long-as-we-do-not-blow-our-brains-out-we-have-decided-life-is/)

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

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> [I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/i-decided-in-my-life-that-i-would-do-nothing-that-did-not-reflect/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

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> [It was the tiniest thing I ever decided to put my whole life into.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-guillemets/it-was-the-tiniest-thing-i-ever-decided-to-put-my-whole-life-into/)

[Terri Guillemets](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-guillemets/)

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> [After a lifetime of deep thought, I've decided that life is a distraction, but probably not from anything important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-breault/after-a-lifetime-of-deep-thought-i-ve-decided-that-life-is-a/)

[Robert Breault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-breault/)

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> [“Nonsense! I have merely come to terms with the fact that I am perfect, and I have decided life must go on,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-n-faust/nonsense-i-have-merely-come-to-terms-with-the-fact-that-i-am-perfect/)

[C.N. Faust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-n-faust/)

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> [I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-carson/i-could-easily-have-decided-that-life-was-cruel-that-being-black/)

[Benjamin Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-carson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/benjamin-carson-955_black_i-could-easily-have-decided-that-life-wa_1913291.png)

> [“Think about what life will be like without me because I've already considered that question. And I've decided that no life at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-palmer/think-about-what-life-will-be-like-without-me-because-i-ve-already/)

[Diana Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-palmer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43e/diana-palmer-4730_life_think-about-what-life-will-be-like-witho_2940424.png)

> [“Everything has been a disaster since I decided my life as it was wasn't good enough." "It wasn't good enough," she said.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/everything-has-been-a-disaster-since-i-decided-my-life-as-it-was-wasn/)

[Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/)

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> [I've decided that if I had my life to live over again, I would not only climb more mountains, swim more rivers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/i-ve-decided-that-if-i-had-my-life-to-live-over-again-i-would-not/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

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> [“You never even decided your life would be this way—it’s simply the way life has become. You’ve been carved out by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/you-never-even-decided-your-life-would-be-this-way-it-s-simply-the/)

[Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ae/nathan-hill-11918_canyon_you-never-even-decided-your-life-would-b_2827976.jpg)

> [I started making choices based on what I wanted, and didn’t feel like I needed to justify them. If I wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-swift/i-started-making-choices-based-on-what-i-wanted-and-didn-t-feel-like/)

[Taylor Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-swift/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/138/taylor-swift-125_choice_i-started-making-choices-based-on-what-i_2168898.jpg)

> [At 24 I decided that my life is enough for me, and I stopped looking for some other piece to complete it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-swift/at-24-i-decided-that-my-life-is-enough-for-me-and-i-stopped-looking/)

[Taylor Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-swift/)

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> [“I had never really stopped thinking of how the smartest person I knew had, after much thought, decided that life was not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-lacey/i-had-never-really-stopped-thinking-of-how-the-smartest-person-i-knew/)

[Catherine Lacey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-lacey/)

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