“Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.”
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“Nearly unlimited supernatural power, and all you do is use it to watch reruns. What a waste.”
Jace to Magnus, pg. 136
The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
Source: https://globalleadership.org/articles/leading-yourself/gls21-notes-only-you-can-choose/?locale=en In her talk at Global Leadership Summit, 2021.
The Story Teller ISBN: 978-1-4767-2783-7 (2013)
Source: The Storyteller
“When yu’ can’t have what you choose, yu’ just choose what you have.”
The Virginian (1902), chapter 13, p. 149.
“Symbols have the unfortunate power to acquire the importance of what they symbolise.”
Source: Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (2002), Chapter 4, “Symbols” (p. 19)
“I do not choose to choose what I choose.”
Source: 2010s, Free Will (2012), p. 39
As quoted in "The Vindication of Edwin Land" in Forbes magazine, Vol. 139 (4 May 1987) p. 83; this was later humorously altered:
Context: My motto is very personal and may not fit anyone else or any other company. It is: Don't do anything that someone else can do. Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.