Even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.

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"We accept the love we think we deserve."

- Stephen Chbosky

Love

"And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that's pretty to you is pretty to other people. and that if you looked at these facts when you were happy, you would feel great because you are describing 'unity."

- Stephen Chbosky

Awareness

"“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”"

- Stephen Chbosky

Balance

"Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody."

- Stephen Chbosky

Change

"Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody."

- Stephen Chbosky

Change

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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