#cho

Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable, but her story and mine are different now. It wasn't easy for me to accept this simple truth, because there was a time when our stories were the same, but that was six years and two lifetimes ago. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#nicholas-sparks #story

In the end, people should be judged by their actions, since in the end, it was actions that defined everyone. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#judge #last-song #nicholas-sparks #action

You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. Every time you don't throw yourself down the stairs, that's a choice. Every time you don't crash your car, you re-enlist. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#die

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#die #ends #lives #long #long run

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#choices #secret

Although goals are important, having a plan of action is vital to the success of those goals. Having a goal with no plan of action is like wanting to travel to a new destination without having a map. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#destination #dreams #goals #intent #motivational

Just keep asking yourself: What would Jesus not do? ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#choice #jesus #jesus

It's all in the mind. ↗

— George Harrison

#mind #perception #psychology #perception

According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scars than almost anything else. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#thought

So, what can't you take? Decide which of the two options is harder, and do the other. That way, no matter how hard your choice turns out to be, at least you can find comfort in knowing you're avoiding something even worse. ↗

— Josephine Angelini

#decision-making #comfort