What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do.

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."

- Aristotle

Success

"He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader."

- Aristotle

Leadership

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

- Aristotle

Hope

"Change in all things is sweet."

- Aristotle

Change

"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."

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"Because God has given you your agency, you can choose many directions to go and still lead a fulfilling life. Mortality is an open-ended, choose-your-own-adventure story. You have commandments, you have covenants, you have inspired prophetic counsel, and you have the gift of the Holy Ghost. That is more than enough to lead you to mortal happiness and eternal joy."

- Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Choice

"More is lost by indecision than wrong decision."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

Choice

"If you begin to regret, you’ll dull your future decisions and let others make your choices for you. All that’s left for you then is to die. Nobody can foretell the outcome. Each decision you make holds meaning only by affecting your next decision."

- Erwin Smith

Choice

"It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

- J.K. Rowling

Choice

"Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever you were gonna do anyway."

- Robert Downey Jr.

Choice