It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.
Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?
Everything can be taken from a person but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.
Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.
Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.
We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.
Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
When in doubt, choose to live.
Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.