“Parents are not the all-knowing, ideal people we would like you to think we are. We've made wrong choices before, and will again, like everyone else, .. But our mistakes are not the measure of our love for you. You are that measure, and how well you are prepared to make better choices than we have made.” PeopleThinkingWellsMadeChoicesParentMistakeKnowingLike YouIdealsPreparedOur LoveWrong Choices Book:Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember Source: Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember
“I'm pretty much fixated on certain themes. Family, but it's family of choice as much as family of blood. Individuality, yes, but not at the cost of others' happiness. Be true to your friends. Remembering to find some wonder and hope in the world. Basically it boils down to: treat people like you'd like them to treat you, leave the world a little better than it was when you got here, respect others and stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves.” PeopleWorldLittlesRememberCertainChoicesWonderBloodLike YouCostTreatsIndividualityBeing TrueThemeRespecting OthersOthers Happiness Author:Charles de Lint
“You are pushed to behave differently here, you don't really have a choice. If you cheat you have no chance of being admired. Even your own supporters will dislike you. So what do you do? Well, the way is not to be stupid, but not to cheat either. If there is a foul, you have to fall. I call it 'helping the referee to make a decision'. That's not cheating.” IfsWayWellsHelpingChoicesFallChanceDecisionStupidFootballLike YouManagersSoccerBehaveCheatingDislikeCheatSupporterChairmanFoulReferee Author:Jose Mourinho
“If it feels like you're choosing between the lesser of two evils, don't. There is always a higher choice.” IfsFeelsTwoChoicesEvilLike YouHigherTwo EvilsLesser Of Two Evils Author:Michael Neill
“I don't harp on the negative because if you do, then there's no progression. There's no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make.” IfsLooksChoicesSidesMovementLike YouNegativeProgressionHarpsChoices You MakeBright SideForward Movement Author:Taraji P. Henson
“In pluralistic, democratic societies, there is the freedom to adopt the religion of your choice. This is good. This lets curious people like you run around on the loose!” PeopleRunningChoicesLike YouDemocraticCuriousDemocratic Society Author:Dalai Lama
“I left the studio at 5:30 in the morning. It's an incredible mind exercise. You have to, obviously, have stamina, but you really feel like you're kind of feeding your mind. It's a challenge of learning lines very fast and then you have to be lose enough to hopefully make good choices in a much shorter amount of time that it takes to film certain scenes.” FeelsMindKindEnoughFilmCertainChoicesLeftLosesChallengesLinesMorningLike YouAmountExerciseSceneIncrediblesStudiosHopefullyFeedingStaminaGood Choices Author:Glenn Close
“I think it's the strange irony that we make all these life choices before we're 40, because really we shouldn't make any until we're 40. It almost feels like you get a software upgrade and you start to experience life in such a different way, because you just don't suffer fools, you go straight for what means something and what feels good, and you stop caring about pleasing other people.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsMeanDifferentSufferingChoicesStrangeLike YouFoolCaringFeel GoodIronyDifferent WaysSoftwareLife ChoicesStop CaringPleasing Others Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“It's not like you're being fake, it's just the way you color it, like a guitar player uses pedals or different effects. That's why I get so mad about people who are down on vocal reverb. It's not a crutch, people, it's an aesthetic choice!” PeopleWayDifferentUseChoicesPlayerEffectsColorLike YouMadGuitarFakeAestheticVocalGuitar PlayerCrutchesPedals Author:Kelly Hogan
“It's not like you get up in the morning on the first day of shooting and say, 'I'm so smart today I'm going to determine every choice I make from now until a year and a half from now.' So it changes. You gain insights. The movie bucks you.” YearsFirstsTodayChoicesHalfMorningLike YouSmartGainsDetermineInsightGet UpShootingBucks Author:Robert Schwentke
“We're talking about everybody's free right to have choice. And so what we're also getting are interesting messages like you really need to obey the command of Allah and put a scarf on your head. And what we caution well-intentioned Americans and others to think about is whether the scarf matches their own values related to issues of honor and shame.” ThinkingNeedsWellsValuesChoicesInterestingTalkingIssuesLike YouHonorMessagesShameCommandRelatedCautionScarves Author:Asra Nomani
“All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment. So merely changing formal religious affiliations will often not help much. On the other hand, in pluralistic, democratic societies, there is the freedom to adopt the religion of your choice. This is good. This lets curious people like you run around on the loose!” PeopleNeedsTryingHelpingHandsRunningChoicesReligiousJusticeCompassionHonestyLike YouBenefitsMessagesDemocraticCuriousContentmentFormalLove And CompassionDemocratic SocietyAffiliation Author:Dalai Lama
“Everyone who comes in is just amazed that our children do not have the animosity, the hatred, because these children are into it. You know, once you learn to like yourself, then you don't see this black-white bit. I still say that a good basic education is the only thing. I feel guilty sometimes because I don't think Jesus Christ could get any more accolades than I do when I walk through that classroom, even from the children I do not teach. They know that I love them, but I am forever telling them, "Get into that seat so you can have choices in this world."” ThinkingKnowsWorldFeelsChildrenStillsSometimesChoicesJesusBitsBlackChristWhiteWalksTeachForeverThis WorldLike YouJesus ChristHatredOur ChildrenGuiltySeatsClassroomAmazedAnimosityLike YourselfBlack WhiteAccoladesBasic Education Author:Marva Collins
“There was things just like not being able to date or - I'm talking like 15, 16 - like just certain things that my friends started to do. Like, they started to get phone calls from girls or like, you know, go and hang out 10, 11 at night, kind of going to the movies. There were just certain things that - it's not that I couldn't do all of those things. It's just that every choice was really deliberate and conscious and thought out and sort of balanced against the religion in a way where I felt - I wasn't necessarily trying to convert at 12 like [my mother] was.” KnowsWayTryingKindAbleMotherNightCertainChoicesGirlFeltTalkingLike YouConsciousMy FriendsPhonesHanging OutBalancedDeliberatePhone Calls Author:Mahershala Ali
“I feel like with acting it's not like you make a choice - it's kind of in you and you have to do it or you wouldn't be able to survive.” FeelsKindAbleChoicesActingLike You Author:Felicity Jones
“Seven out of 10 Americans know the country's headed in the wrong direction, that in a very real sense that this is a clear choice between change in the status quo and I've always been telling crowds, the other side says if you like your status quo you can keep it.” RealChoicesLike YouSevenStatus Quo Author:Mike Pence