“The answer is that we don't choose our freaks, they choose us.”

“cats choose us; we don't own them”

Kristin Cast (1986) American writer

“In choosing a president, we really don't choose a Republican or Democrat, a conservative or liberal. We choose a leader.”

Rudy Giuliani (1944–2001) American businessperson and politician, former mayor of New York City

“Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.”

Jacques Delille (1738–1813) French poet and translator

“We are free to choose our actions,… but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.”

Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012) American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker

“We should always choose our books as God chooses our friends, just a bit beyond us, so that we have to do our level best to keep up with them.”

Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) British missionary

“We are free to choose our paths, but we can't choose the consequences that come with them.”

Sean Covey (1964) author; business executive

“The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives.”

Louise L. Hay (1926–2017) American writer

“Some may choose a better public school. Some may choose a private one. Many will choose a charter school. But they will have the choice, and their children will have that opportunity. Sen. Obama wants our schools to answer to unions and entrenched bureaucrats. I want schools to answer to parents and students.”

John McCain (1936–2018) politician from the United States

“Our stories are so fundamental to us that it’s easy to forget that we choose them.”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Here I Am