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

“We can't choose where we come from, but we can choose where we go from there.”

Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“We cannot refuse destiny. We can't avoid it either. There is no place for us to hide. Whichever path you choose, he will find you.”

Titon Rahmawan

“You are free to choose, but you are not free to alter the consequences of your decisions.”

Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994) President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

“Fate isn’t one straight road…there are forks in it, many different routes to different ends. We have the free will to choose the path.”

Dean Koontz Odd Thomas

“We want to understand democracy as an endless discussion, or a constant debate when we choose a path. (…) But when the consensus comes, (…) we work as one body.”

Donald Tusk (1957) Polish politician, current President of the European Council

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

Jacques Delille (1738–1813) French poet and translator

“We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.”

Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer

“We are neither radically free to choose our nature nor entirely determined by our biological heritage.”

Nayef Al-Rodhan (1959) philosopher, neuroscientist, geostrategist, and author

“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