“Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice. I can be angry about not having limbs, or I can be thankful that I have a purpose. I chose gratitude.” PeopleI CanPurposeChoicesAsksAnswersArmsGratitudeAngryLegsDespiteManageLimbsBeing ThankfulThankful Gratitude Author:Nick Vujicic
“Moving to the forefront of advanced nations is not a choice but a national duty. This requires, among other things, erecting the best industrial property protection systems despite all challenges, particularly in the transition phase that we must endure.” MovingChoicesNationsChallengesDutyPropertyEndureProtectionDespiteTransitionPhases Author:Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
“The selection of a subject is to the author what choice of position is to the general,--once skilfully determined, the battle is already half won. Of a few writers it may be said that they are popular in despite of their subjects--but of a great many more it may be observed that they are popular because of them.” MaySaidChoicesLiteratureHalfSubjectsPositionBattleDeterminedDespiteGreat MenSelection Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
“Each generation has its own rendezvous with the land, for despite our fee titles and claims of ownership, we are all brief tenants on this planet. By choice, or by default, we will carve out a land legacy for our heirs.” ChoicesGenerationsLandPlanetsClaimsDespiteLegacyTitlesOwnershipDefaultHeirsFeesTenantsRendezvous Book:The Quiet Crisis Source: The Quiet Crisis
“This democracy... The elections in Iraq were held despite the American opposition. It was the will of the Iraqi people and the religious authorities. [The elections] were the result of pressure by Ayatollah Sistani, by the Iraqi religious authorities, and by the fighting forces in Iraq on America. They left the US no choice but to allow the elections.” PeopleAmericaChoicesFightingLeftForceReligiousResultsDemocracyAuthorityPressureElectionIraqDespiteOpposition Author:Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
“Some people never change their mind through their whole lives, about anything, despite new information that comes in. And now that we know that homosexuality is not a choice, it's biological, I think we have to love and understand them.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMindWholeChoicesInformationWhole LifeDespiteHomosexualityNever ChangeNew InformationSome People Never ChangePeople Never Change Author:Dick Van Dyke
“Yes, we are our fathers' sons and daughters, but we are not their choices. For despite their absences we are still here. Still alive, still breathing, with the power to change this world, one little boy and girl at a time.” WorldLittlesStillsChoicesGirlFatherBoysAliveThis WorldSonDaughterAbsenceDespiteBreathingOur FatherLittle BoysFather SonBoy And GirlPower To ChangeSon And Daughter Author:Daniel Beaty