Choice Quotes and Tips

"Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself." -- Robert F. Bennett

"CHOOSE LIFE -- only that and always, and at whatever risk.... To let life leak out, to let it wear away by the mere passage of time, to withhold giving it and spending it is to choose nothing." -- S.H. Kelley

"You make what seems a simple choice: choose a man or a job or a neighborhood -- and what you have chosen is not a man or a job or a neighborhood, but a life." -- Jessamyn West

"We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same." -- Carlos Castaneda

"Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give." -- David O. McKay

Becoming more aware gives us more choice in how we live our lives. At any moment, we can purposefully choose a new experience for ourselves. We can choose to pay attention, breathe more deeply, laugh, rest, play, appreciate, do something different... the possibilities are endless.

Whenever you remember, take yourself off auto-pilot. Look closely at what you are choosing for yourself right now. Why are you doing what you are doing? Would you prefer to be or do something different? How can you bring that 'something different' into reality?

Take charge and make a choice that will enrich your experience. At the end of the day, reflect on what happened and how you felt when you chose a new line of thought, feeling or action.

And remember: "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." -- Neil Peart

"Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom." -- Victor Frankl