Some choices arrive like crossroads, others like whispers. We may not always know where a decision will lead, but each one leaves its mark, shaping the spirit, the path, and the life unfolding before us. As the Hawaiian proverb gently reminds us, “Let the selection be done in heaven.” ~ Hawaiian Proverb

You are free to choose, but the choices you make today will determine what you will have, be, and do in the tomorrow of your life. ~ Zig Ziglar

The reason man may become the master of his own destiny is because he has the power to influence his own subconscious mind. ~ Napoleon Hill

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. ~ Kahlil Gibran

To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of, because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions. ~ Deepak Chopra

I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on. ~ Stephen Sondheim

Everyone has choice when to and not to raise their voices: It’s you who decides. ~ George Harrison, Run of the Mill

Well, I enjoy my life. You know, I think life is an art, and that one has to live it as an art. That’s your choice. ~ John Travolta

In true courage there is always an element of choice, of an ethical choice, and of anguish, and also of action and deed. There is always a flame of spirit in it, a vision of some necessity higher than oneself. ~ Brenda Ueland

What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that may cost and wherever it may lead. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

As much money and life as you could want, the two things most human beings would choose above all. The trouble is that humans do have a knack for choosing precisely those things that are worst for them. ~ J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

There are no signposts in the sea. ~ Vita Sackville-West

You have brains in your head. Your feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. ~ Dr. Seuss

Choice by choice, moment by moment, I build the necklace of my day, stringing together the choices that form artful living. ~ Julia Cameron

A lot of women make choices based on how they saw their mother's choices working out, how they saw the choices of the women elders in their lives working out. There's some rebellion in that, but there's also some deep reflection. ~ Ariel Gore