Quotes About Choices, Decisions, and Direction
Let these quotes inspire you to find your path and turn your dreams into reality.
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”
— Nelson Mandela
“To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.”
— Maxwell Maltz
“Every day brings new choices.”
— Martha Beck
“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”
— Denis Waitley
“If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.”
— Unknown
“One day or day one. You decide.”
— Unknown
“You can either experience the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The choice is yours.”
— Unknown
“Attitude is everything, so pick a good one.”
— Wayne Dyer
“There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out. There’s no such thing as life in-between.”
— Pat Riley
“You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both.”
— Brene Brown
“The man of decision cannot be stopped! The man of indecision cannot be started! Take your own choice.”
— Napoleon Hill
“Choose to be optimistic. It feels better.”
— Dalai Lama
“You and only you are responsible for your life choices and decisions.”
— Robert T. Kiyosaki
“In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety.”
— Abraham Maslow
“We make our choices, then our choices make us.”
— Unknown
“Don’t mourn over your bad decisions. Just start overcoming them with good ones.”
— Joyce Meyer
“Never think that someone else knows what’s best for you.”
— Maria Shriver
“You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.”
— Dr. Seuss
“It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.”
— Jean Nidetch
“Never make a permanent decision based on a temporary storm. No matter how raging the billows are today, remind yourself, ‘This too shall pass’!”
— T.D. Jakes
“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.”
— Wayne Dyer
“The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.”
— Voltaire
“A decision made from fear is always the wrong decision.”
— Tony Robbins
“If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”
— Neil Pearteady
“Every choice you make has an end result.”
— Zig Ziglar
“Once a decision is made, you should stop worrying and start working. It’s not always what we know that makes it a good decision. It is what we do to implement and execute it that makes it a good decision.”
— John C. Maxwell
“In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time.”
— John Lubbock
“Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
― Roy T. Bennett
“Decision is the ultimate power. Decisions shape destiny.”
— Tony Robbins
“Ignore the noise and follow your own choice.”
— Unknown
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act!”
— Amelia Earhart
“In every single thing you do, you are choosing a direction. Your life is a product of choices.”
— Dr. Kathleen Hall
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”
— Lao Tzu
“Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make in life.”
— Jeff Bezos
“No matter what the situation, remind yourself, I have a choice.”
— Deepak Chopra
“You cannot make progress without making decisions.”
— Jim Rohn
“Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.”
— Tara Brach
“Every decision you make reflects your evaluation of who you are.”
— Marianne Williamson
“And in life, it is all about choices we make, and how the direction of our lives comes down to the choices we choose.”
— Catherine Pulsifer
“When a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything.”
— George S. Patton Jr.
“The direction you choose to face determines whether you’re standing at the end or the beginning of a road.”
— Richelle E. Goodrich
“Go in the direction of where your peace is coming from.”
— C. JoyBell C.
“At every moment, we always have a choice, even if it feels as if we don’t. Sometimes that choice may simply be to think a more positive thought.”
— Tina Turner
“Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same.”
— Unknown
“Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.”
— Abraham Maslow
“What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.”
― Madeleine Albright
“At any given moment, you have the power to say: this is not how the story is going to end.”
― Christine Mason Miller
“There are only two options: make progress or make excuses.”
— Unknown
“Any path you choose will likely be full of ups and downs, so choose the ones that bring you the most joy and make you feel most alive.”
― Hilary Swank
“Choose the positive. You have a choice. You are the master of your attitude. Choose the positive, the constructive.”
― Bruce Lee