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Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are read more
Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles.
It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.
It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.
No poet sings because he must sing. At least no great poet does. A great poet sings because he chooses read more
No poet sings because he must sing. At least no great poet does. A great poet sings because he chooses to sing.
He is free knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide.
He is free knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide.
A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that read more
A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him.
Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited read more
Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.
Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.
Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, read more
If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.
