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The individual always realizes only one of the possibilities in its development, which could always have taken a different turning whenever it has to make an important decision.

— Wilhelm Dilthey

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

You know, in life there are only three or four fundamental decisions to make. The rest is just luck.

— Raymond Aubrac

One reason we resist making deliberate choices is that choice equals change and most of us, feeling the world is unpredictable enough, try to minimise the trauma of change in our personal lives.

— Hugh Mackay

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

— Keri Russell

If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.

— Ralph Marston

Choosing is a creative process, one through which we construct our environment, our lives, ourselves.

— Sheena Iyengar

Regardless of the magnitude of the decision, our brains make it hard for us to keep the perspective we need to make good choices.

— Travis Bradberry

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

— Oprah Winfrey

Our everyday lives are filled with complex decisions. We long for simplicity and ordinariness.

— Ursus Wehrli

Wise choices can put us in control of situations where we might otherwise be tempted to compromise our principles. We cannot control all that happens to us; however, we can choose to be in control of our responses.

— L. Lionel Kendrick

✗Opposing Perspectives

In life, you get one choice over and over again. That is to take conditions as they are or take responsibility for changing them.

— Cory Booker