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It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.
It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.
The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders read more
As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is up to us.
Guido the plumber and Michelangelo obtained their marble from the same quarry, but what each saw in the marble made read more
Guido the plumber and Michelangelo obtained their marble from the same quarry, but what each saw in the marble made the difference between a nobleman's sink and a brilliant sculpture.
Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
No poet sings because he must sing. At least no great poet does. A great poet sings because he chooses read more
No poet sings because he must sing. At least no great poet does. A great poet sings because he chooses to sing.
Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are read more
Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles.
A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that read more
A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him.
