Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose.

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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

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"More is lost by indecision than wrong decision."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

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"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

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

- J.K. Rowling

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

- Robert Downey Jr.

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