“Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.”
"Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise."
- Francis Bacon
Awareness
"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must also be present."
- Francis Bacon
Balance
"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."
- Francis Bacon
Hope
"I paint for myself. I don’t know how to do anything else, anyway. Also, I have to earn my living, and occupy myself."
- Francis Bacon
Self-awareness
"Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."
- Francis Bacon
Relationships
"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