The Choice Quotes

“So long as I have something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for, I shall be happy.”
― Og Mandino, The Choice: A Surprising New Message of Hope

“So many of us think ourselves into smallness, into inferiority, by thinking downward. We are held back by too much caution. We are timid about venturing. We are not bold enough.... Struck down by our own caution, our own lack of faith in ourselves and our abilities. Opportunities? There were many. But always there was risk. Do we dare? We vacillate. Time hurries by. Opportunity gone. We anguish. The years roll on. Finally, we convince ourselves that it's too late and settle for cheap imitations of life.”
― Og Mandino, The Choice: A Surprising New Message of Hope

“To have a happy family...is to enjoy an earlier heaven.”
― Og Mandino, The Choice: A Surprising New Message of Hope

“When we were given dominion over the world, we were also given dominion over ourselves. God is not our navigator. It was never His intention to chart a course for each of us and thus place us all under His bondage. Instead, He bestowed each of us with intellect and talent and vision to map our own way, to write our own Book of Life in any manner we choose.”
― Og Mandino, The Choice: A Surprising New Message of Hope

“A new book is very much like a child. Sooner or later it must go out into the world and succeed or fail on its own, usually leaving behind one or two loving people filled with concern and guilt and wondering if they had truly done all they could have to prepare their issue for the cruel marketplace of life.”
― Og Mandino, The Choice: A Surprising New Message of Hope

“to have goals without a plan and a time limit was as useless as having no goals at all.”
― Og Mandino, The Choice: A Surprising New Message of Hope

“We are held back by too much caution. We are timid about venturing. We are not bold enough. And so we die before we reach middle age, although we will not be lowered into the ground until we pass three score and ten.”
― Og Mandino, The Choice: A Surprising New Message of Hope

“Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.… JAMES ALLEN”
― Og Mandino, The Choice: A Surprising New Message of Hope

“most of them are already so puffed up with their imagined importance that they have no idea how silly they sound.”
― Og Mandino, The Choice: A Surprising New Message of Hope

“when one's avenue of retreat is cut off there is only one way to go - forward.”
― Og Mandino, The Choice: A Surprising New Message of Hope

“Writing, I am convinced, is the least appreciated of all the creative arts. Only a miniscule portion of the population engages in sculpting or painting or composing but everyone writes - whether it be letters, invitations, shopping lists...It is not far-fetched, therefore, for anyone with a smattering of self-esteem to believe that if he or she had the time, and the desire, an acceptable book or article could be produced.”
― Og Mandino, The Choice: A Surprising New Message of Hope