Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength. Hasidic Saying Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626) You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down. Mary Pickford (1893 - 1979) Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you. Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773) I am who I choose to be. I always have been what I chose though not always what I pleased. Lois McMaster Bujold, "Memory", 1996 His mother had often said, When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. She had emphasized the corollary of this axiom even more vehemently: when you desired a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it. Lois McMaster Bujold, "Memory", 1996 Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the ocean desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. Andrew S. Tanenbaum Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988) Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home. Phyllis Diller