#choices

I'll never know, and neither will you, of the life you don't choose. We'll only know that whatever that sister life was, it was important and beautiful and not ours. It was the ghost ship that didn't carry us. There's nothing to do but salute it from the shore. ↗

— Cheryl Strayed

#life #beauty

I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement. ↗

— Ken Burns

#based #choices #cynicism #disengagement #fear

Having unlimited choices can paralyze you creatively. ↗

— David Byrne

#creatively #having #paralyze #unlimited #you

I can't stand the kind of paralysis that some people fall into because they're not happy with the choices they've made. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#choices #fall #happy #i #into

For the past few years, I've been more selective than I have any right to be, but I think that's finally starting to work in my favor. I think I get way too much credit for making what people consider to be smart choices, but it's only because I made a decision to stop worrying about making money. ↗

— Lizzy Caplan

#any #because #been #choices #consider

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#lie #life #moderation #pleasures #ring

The hardest choices in life aren't between what's right and what's wrong but between what's right and what's best. ↗

— Jamie Ford

#life

The choices you make now, the people you surround yourself with, they all have the potential to affect your life, even who you are, forever. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#forever #life #people #potential #life

The best way to avoid responsibility is to say, 'I've got responsibilities. ↗