Optional Quotes

118 quotes by 102 authors

REPUBLIC, n. A nation in which, the thing governing and the thing governed being the same, there is only a permitted authority to enforce an… — Ambrose Bierce
Challenges are inevitable, Defeat is optional. — Roger Crawford
Even when winnin's illogical, losin's still far from optional — Unknown Author
All you can do is handle it, worst thing you can do is panic. Use it to your advantage, avoid insanity, manage to conquer ever… — Unknown Author
To achieve your dreams, work is required. Suffering is optional. — Jack Canfield
Achieving the MDGs is not optional; it is an essential investment in a safer, more human and prosperous world — Kofi Annan
The rule of love, I say again, is not an optional extra. It is the very essence of what we [Christians] are about — N. T. Wright
Facing difficulties is inevitable. Learning from them is optional. — John C. Maxwell
Women in America read 'lifestyle' pages which are really glorifications of shopping. They teach us we must veil ourselves in make-up to be loved. And… — Erica Jong
Where orthodoxy is optional, orthodoxy will sooner or later be proscribed. — Richard John Neuhaus
Illness and death are not optional. Patients have a right to determine how they approach them. — Marcia Angell
I spend five times more money at a chemist shop than I would at a fashion boutique. Clothes shopping is optional for me; shopping at… — Kajol
Spirituality on the other hand, is a chosen path of developing intimate relationships with God. It's chosen, it's nurtured, and it's optional. — Caroline Myss
My favorite language for maintainability is Python. It has simple, clean syntax, object encapsulation, good library support, and optional named parameters. — Bram Cohen
How odd that Americans, and not just their presidents, have come to think of their Constitution as something separable from the government it's supposed to… — Joseph Sobran
If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have… — Hans Kung
Change is a given; growth, however, is optional. — Orrin Woodward
Losses are inevitable, but excuses are optional. — John C. Maxwell
Change isn't optional, and creation isn't something that happened a long time ago and then ended. It's ongoing, and we are invited to be a… — David LaMotte
Where there is happiness, there is found pleasure in nonsense. The transformation of experience into its opposite, of the suitable into the unsuitable, the obligatory… — Friedrich Nietzsche

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