48 Quotes About Choices

Life is a series of choices, each one shaping our path and defining our journey. From simple daily decisions to life-altering moments, the choices we make reflect our values, dreams, and desires. Quotes about choices can offer profound wisdom, inspire courage, and serve as a reminder of the power we hold in our hands. In this post, we’ve carefully curated 48 of the most insightful and inspiring quotes about choices. Whether you need a motivational boost or a gentle nudge in the right direction, these quotes are sure to resonate and provide clarity. Dive in and let these words of wisdom illuminate your path forward.

1. “In History, stagnant waters, whether they be stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on the ripples created by a few eccentric individuals. In homage to that life and vitality, the community has to brave certain perils and must countenance a measure of heresy. One must live dangerously if one wants to live at all.” - Herbert Read

2. “Have you ever been going somewhere with a crowd and you're certain it's the wrong road and you tell them, but they won't listen, so you just have to plod along in what you know is the wrong direction till somebody more important gets the same idea?” - James Hilton

3. “Not even I can see all ends, but I have been in this world long enough to know that a choice is not choice and breeds slow ills, even were it done for the highest reasons.” - Alison Croggon

4. “Everything has a price.” - Anne Bishop

5. “Choose your love. Love your choice.” - Thomas S. Monson

6. “With the need for the self in the time of another / I left my seaport grim and dear / knowing good work could be made / in the state governed by both Hope and Despair.” - Roman Payne

7. “The difficulty in dealing with a maze or labyrinth lies not so much in navigating the convolutions to find the exit but in not entering the damn thing in the first place.Or, at least not yet again.As a creature of free will, do not be tempted into futility.” - Vera Nazarian

8. “Freedom is not a license to act but a license to exercise free choices in any given situation.” - Vera Nazarian

9. “Dante laughed. "No cold soup, no goat cheese. I'll make a mental note. And no Gottfried Curse.""And for you it's no food at all. No sleep. And no tunnels.""I'm low maintenance.""Is that what you are? Because I've been trying to figure it out all semester.""And what have you concluded?""A mutant. A rare disease. A creature from the inferno. Dante.""And what if you found out you were right?" he asked. "What if it meant that I could hurt you?""I would say that I'm not scared. Everyone has the ability to hurt. It's the choice that matters.” - Yvonne Woon

10. “It's up to you today to start making healthy choices. Not choices that are just healthy for your body, but healthy for your mind.” - Steve Maraboli

11. “What kind of tea do you want?""There´s more than one kind of tea?...What do you have?""Let´s see... Blueberry, Raspberry, Ginseng, Sleepytime, Green Tea, Green Tea with Lemon, Green Tea with Lemon and Honey, Liver Disaster, Ginger with Honey, Ginger Without Honey, Vanilla Almond, White Truffle Coconut, Chamomile, Blueberry Chamomile, Decaf Vanilla Walnut, Constant Comment and Earl Grey."-"I.. Uh...What are you having?... Did you make some of those up?” - Bryan Lee O'Malley

12. “I'm still not sure I made the right choice when I told my wife about the bakery attack.But then,it might not have been a question of right or wrong. Which is to say that wrong choices can produce right results, and vice versa. I myself have adopted the position that,in fact, we never choose anything at all. Things happen. Or not.” - Haruki Murakami

13. “In the end that was the choice you made, and it doesn't matter how hard it was to make it. It matters that you did.” - Cassandra Clare

14. “People say that it's the big decisions that are important... that these are the type of issues worthy of prolonged consideration. But no one ever explains how it's the little choices that send your life careening in another direction.” - Julie Gittus

15. “The right thing was confusing, and difficult, and sometimes Jason wondered if it was in fact a nonexistent ideal, like heaven or the American dream. There was no right thing. You did what you did for whatever reasons occurred to you at the time, depending on whichever emotion was running thickest in your blood. Your desire and fear and adrenaline and longing. You made your choice and came up with the reasons later.” - Thomas Mullen

16. “But no one can predict of a certainty what will happen. And none of it will change how I intend to spend the rest of my life. I will live it on my terms. And you... you can have all of me or nothing. I won't be an invalid any longer. Not even if it means losing you.” - Lisa Kleypas

17. “What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient.” - Bodie Thoene

18. “Choices enable temptation.” - Toba Beta

19. “Resentment is often a woman's inner signal that she has been ignoring an important God-given responsibility - that of making choices.” - Brenda Waggoner

20. “I hadn't been "possessed", after all. Not by an angel or a demon. Maybe there were aspects of both inside me, but I was the one who chose which to let out.” - Lauren Myracle

21. “I can learn to live with guilt. I don't care about being good.” - Holly Black

22. “I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.” - Steve Maraboli

23. “They seemed to be able to choose. We seemed to be able to choose, then. We were a society dying of too much choice.” - Margaret Atwood

24. “The easiest thing is to say no. What's not so easy is telling yourself to stop.” - Alix

25. “In order to align your life choices with your values, you will need to inquire about the effects of your actions (and inactions) on yourself and others. Although we are always stumbling upon new knowledge that shifts our choices and life direction, bringing conscious inquiry to life means that we continually ask questions that lead us to the information we need to make thoughtful decisions. Asking questions is liberating because we develop great understanding and discover more choices with our new knowledge.” - Zoe Weil

26. “I want you to take note, Commander, that turning in my badge would be like cutting off my arm. But if it comes down to a choice between the job and my marriage, then I lose the arm.” - J.D. Robb

27. “The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance, but live right in it, under its roof.” - Shannon Alder

28. “Remember that the choices you make, and the reasons you make them, shape your destiny. Remember your free will...And remember, what the True One has made is supposed to bring balance and unity, not anger, fear or revenge. Do not fear, what is yours to use. Only beware the ends to which it is turned, and know the means will truly determine the outcome.” - Derek Donais

29. “All you can do is make your decisions based on what you know now.” - Malinda Lo

30. “Whatever you decide, don't let it be because you don't think you have a choice.” - Hannah Harrington

31. “Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.” - Roger Crawford

32. “Life presents many challenges...Temptation is one of them.. And free will govern us all. We have the power to choose.” - Lee Monroe

33. “Very early on in writing the series, I remember a female journalist saying to me that Mrs Weasley, 'Well, you know, she’s just a mother.' And I was absolutely incensed by that comment. Now, I consider myself to be a feminist, and I’d always wanted to show that just because a woman has made a choice, a free choice to say, 'Well, I’m going to raise my family and that’s going to be my choice. I may go back to a career, I may have a career part time, but that’s my choice.' Doesn’t mean that that’s all she can do. And as we proved there in that little battle, Molly Weasley comes out and proves herself the equal of any warrior on that battlefield.” - J.K. Rowling

34. “I believed our touching to be more intense because of it's very holding back. Belief is always a choice.” - Jane Green

35. “The word God can mean whatever you believe it to mean, for me it is the conscious stream of life from which we all come, and to which we can stayconnected throughout our lives as a source of peace, wisdom, love, support, knowing, inspiration, vitality, security, balance, and inner strength.I think that awareness is paramount, because in awareness we gain understanding, which then enables us to regain our feeling of empowerment.We need to feel empowered to make our choices conciously, about how to deal with changes in life, rather than reacting in fear (which tends to make us blind and weak).If we are aware, we can be realistic yet postive, and we can properly focus our intentions.Awareness can be quite sensual (which can add to your sense of feeling empowered). Think about how your body moves as you live your life, how amazing it is; think about nature, observe the intricate beautiful details of natural thngs, and of things we create, and breathe deeply to soak it all in.. Focus on the taste of food, the feel of textures in cloth, the feel of you partner's hand in yours; smell the sea breeze, listen to the wind in the trees, witness the colours of the leaves, the children playing; and be thankful for this life we are experiencing - this life we can all help to keep wonderful. Feel the wonder of being alive flood into you anytime you want, by taking a deep breath and letting the experience of these things fill you, even just by remembering.We all have that same stream of life within us, so you are a part of everything. Each one of us has the power to make a difference to everything.Breathe in that vital connection to the life source and sensual beauty everywhere, Feel loved and strong.” - jay woodman

36. “Some people make choices hoping for the best; Korsak had made a choice simply to avoid the worst.” - Tess Gerritsen

37. “And that is why I consider promiscuity immoral. Not because sex is evil, but because sex is too good and too important... What sex should involve is a very serious relationship. Whether that relationship should or should not become a marriage is a question which depends on the circumstances and the context of the two persons' lives. I consider marriage a very important institution, but it is important when and if two people have found the person with whom they wish to spend the rest of their lives -- a question of which no man or woman can be automatically certain. When one is certain that one's choice is final, then marriage is, of course, a desirable state. But this does not mean that any relationship based on less than total certainty is improper. I think the question of an affair or a marriage depends on the knowledge and the position of the two persons involved and should be left up to them. Either is moral, provided only that both parties take the relationship seriously and that it is based on values.” - Ayn Rand

38. “There were always choices. I’d made a string of bad ones myself. At least I could admit that.” - Jennifer L. Armentrout

39. “He is worse than the others, I show. He is worst of all of them.Because–Because he knew he was doing wrong. He felt the pain of his actions–But he did not amend them, shows the Sky.The rest are worth as much as their pack animals, I show, but worst is the one who knows better and does nothing.” - Patrick Ness

40. “But when we make choices that are different than what our friends are doing, it might seem to them that we are questioning their choices - even if it has nothing to do with them.... And what is the sense in feeling guilty about making different choices than our mothers and the other women before us? Our mothers did the best they could with what they had available to them. Our choices, if different from theirs, are not a denouncement of theirs.” - Jennetta Billhimer

41. “They say faith is taking the first step when you can’t see the whole staircase. Actually, wisdom is seeing the elevator behind it that would have taken you to the top floor.” - Shannon L. Alder

42. “Sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do because it's the right choice. But occasionally we have to put ourselves first.” - Katherine Allred

43. “The choice is not in what you do. The choice is in the why.” - Emma Raveling

44. “Choose to do more than just exist; choose to live.” - Steve Maraboli

45. “The direction you choose to face determines whether you're standing at the end or the beginning of a road.” - Richelle E. Goodrich

46. “Choices, options, decisions abound. Choose right, take the best option and decide well.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

47. “We are the sum total of the decisions we have made.” - E.A. Bucchianeri

48. “He shrugged, "...my conscience rests easiest if I do only what I see as best in the moment...” - Anihyr Moonstar