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title: "11 Happens Choose Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [Remember that you create your world. It’s not what happens to you, but how you choose to deal with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-delany/remember-that-you-create-your-world-it-s-not-what-happens-to-you-but/)

[Dana Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-delany/)

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> [“Life boils down to choices. You cannot choose what happens to you. You can choose how you will respond.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-rigsby/life-boils-down-to-choices-you-cannot-choose-what-happens-to-you-you/)

[Rick Rigsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-rigsby/)

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> [Happiness is not about what happens to you, but how you choose to respond to what happens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-salmansohn/happiness-is-not-about-what-happens-to-you-but-how-you-choose-to/)

[Karen Salmansohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-salmansohn/)

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> [“I am not what happens to me. I choose who I become.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/i-am-not-what-happens-to-me-i-choose-who-i-become/)

[Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97b/carl-jung-274_choose_i-am-not-what-happens-to-me-i-choose-who_2375417.jpg)

> [Whatever happens, it happens because we choose for it. We decide our fates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spartacus/whatever-happens-it-happens-because-we-choose-for-it-we-decide-our/)

[Spartacus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spartacus/)

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> [While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-covey/while-we-cannot-always-choose-what-happens-to-us-we-can-choose-our/)

[Stephen Covey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-covey/)

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> [“We don’t get to choose what happens to us—but we always get to choose how we react to it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-s-jennsen/we-don-t-get-to-choose-what-happens-to-us-but-we-always-get-to-choose/)

[G.S. Jennsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-s-jennsen/)

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> [“Sometimes you live life, and sometimes life happens to you. But you always get to choose what you do about it.” Devon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly-do-the-pursuit-of-xcdeptional-execution/sometimes-you-live-life-and-sometimes-life-happens-to-you-but-you/)

[Kevin Kelly DO the pursuit of xcdeptional execution](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly-do-the-pursuit-of-xcdeptional-execution/)

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> [“We do not choose what happens to us. We can only choose what we do after. What we do now. We can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-r-kling/we-do-not-choose-what-happens-to-us-we-can-only-choose-what-we-do/)

[Heidi R. Kling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-r-kling/)

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> [“Falling in love with you was out of my control, but I do have a say in what happens next. And, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-newman/falling-in-love-with-you-was-out-of-my-control-but-i-do-have-a-say-in/)

[Liz Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-newman/)

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> [“Remember: it is not about what happens to you, but what you choose to DO WITH what happens to you that truly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-silber/remember-it-is-not-about-what-happens-to-you-but-what-you-choose-to/)

[Alexandra Silber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-silber/)

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