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Choices Quotes by Epictetus
- We need to regularly stop and take stock; to sit down and determine within ourselves which things are worth valuing and which things are not;…
- Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control
- Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to your ability to choose, unless that is your choice. Lameness is a hindrance to the…
- Remember that you are an actor in a play, and that the Playwright chooses the manner of it: If he wants you to act a…
- It is your own convictions which compels you; that is, choice compels choice.
- It is unreasonable to think we can earn rewards without being willing to pay their true price. It is always our choice whether or not…
- In life our first job is this, to divide and distinguish things into two categories: externals I cannot control, but the choices I make with…
- No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?
- If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things. Don't wish to be thought to know…
- I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does…
More Choices Quotes
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices… — Lance Armstrong
- I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to… — Darren Aronofsky
- Yeah, I know, some people are against drunk driving, and I call those people 'the cops.' But you know, sometimes, you've just… — Dave Attell
- If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if… — Margaret Atwood
- Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that… — Kevyn Aucoin
- Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. — Marcus Aurelius
- I'm an independent. I'm a centrist. A new generation is arriving that has grown up with a multiplicity of choice in every… — John Avlon