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I believe that none can “save” his fellow man by making a choice for him. To help him, he can indicate the possible alternatives, with sincerity and love, without being sentimental and without illusion.
Erich Fromm1900–1980Credo (1965)
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
PSPublilius Syrus101–101 BCSentences, Maxim 469
- Change
There is a question that a warrior has to ask, mandatorily: Does this path have a heart?
CCCarlos Castaneda1925–1998The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe (1998), “Quotations from The Teachings of Don Juan” (Chapter 4)
One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.
Eleanor Roosevelt1884–1962You Learn by Living (1960), Foreword
- Philosophy
Anger narrowed the vision and made for foolish choices.
Robert Jordan1948–2007New Spring (January 2004), Chapter 1: The Hook
- Anger
He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end.
Harry Emerson Fosdick1878–1969Living Under Tension (1941), p. 111
Life forces enough final decisions on us. We should have the sense to avoid as many of the unnecessary ones as we can.
John Irvingborn 1942Until I Find You (2005), ch. 25, p. 493
I felt like a moth in a chandelier — all at once there were lots of pretty choices, but I wasn’t quite sure where to fly.
Richard Bachborn 1936The Bridge Across Forever (1984)
Everybody has the choice of being a hero or not being a hero every day of their lives … and you can either help somebody, you can be compassionate toward people, you can treat some people with dignity — or not.
George Lucasborn 1944Interview with Bill Moyers for The Mythology of Star Wars (1999)
- Character
Now, you’re either on the bus or off the bus. If you’re on the bus, and you get left behind, then you’ll find it again. If you’re off the bus in the first place — then it won’t make a damn.
KKKen Kesey1935–2001As quoted in Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968), ch. 6
I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Rosa Parks1913–2005Quiet Strength (2000)
- Fear
As actors it is easy for us to play the hero. We get to fight the bad guys and stand up for justice. In real life, the choices are not always so clear.
Kirk Douglas1916–2020“Kirk Douglas On Trumbo: ‘I Was Threatened That Using A Blacklisted Writer Would End My Career’” by Pete Hammond, Deadline (19 November 2015)
- Acting
To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say: You turn if you want to. The lady’s not for turning.
Margaret Thatcher1925–2013Speech to the Conservative Party Conference, Brighton (10 October 1980)
- Politics
I was a-trembling, because I’d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself:
“All right, then, I’ll go to hell”
Mark Twain1835–1910Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), Chapter XXXIIn context
- Morality
If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well
It were done quickly.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Macbeth (c. 1606), Act I, Scene VII, spoken by MacbethIn context