#choices

You express the truth of your character with the choice of your actions. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#character #choices #truth #experience

When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad. ↗

— Jeanne DuPrau

#books-of-ember #city-of-ember #goodness #jeanne-duprau #lina

Every man has within him only one life and one nature ... It behooves a man to look within himself and turn to the best dedication possible those endowments he has from his Maker. You do no wrong in questioning what once you held to be right for you, if now it has come to seem wrong. Put away all thought of being bound. We do not want you bound. No one who is not free can give freely. ↗

— Ellis Peters

#conduct-of-life #free-will #freedom #giving #life

Some decisions in life naturally lead to an unhappy ending, leaving you sinking by degrees in a lake of quicksand.  And, unless someone reaches to pull you out, chances are you will drown in the consequences. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#choices #conclusion #consequences #decisions #effect

You can't make yourself feel positive, but you can choose how to act, and if you choose right, it builds your confidence. ↗

— Julien Smith

#choices #choosing #confidence #feelings #flinch

The bottom line is that you have to choose who you are going to commit to-- that's the foundation of true love, not the lack of other options ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#love #twilight #love

Where were we? I've forgotten. He was deciding whether to cut her throat or love her forever. Right. Yes. The usual choices. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#love #love

People always have choices. They might not always have options, but they do have choices. ↗

— Kasey Michaels

#options #love

People aren't often asked to make life or death decisions. There are no causes to die for. You can go through life never knowing which of your friends would really come through for you ↗

— Bella Pollen

#death #friendship #life #death

I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#change #choices #compassion #greatest-version #happiness