“You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't.”
“You can't make yourself feel positive, but you can choose how to act, and if you choose right, it builds your confidence.”
“..you may not be able to choose your family or origin but you can choose your family of creation.”
“Weren't your friends the family you got to choose?”
“When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.”
“You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.”