India Arie Quotes

Every moment presents a new opportunity and a new decision.

We are born into a vast room whose walls consist of a thousand doors of possibility. Each door is flung open to the world outside, and the room is filled with light and noise. We close some of the doors deliberately, sometimes with fear, sometimes with calm certainty. Others seem to close by themselves, some so quietly that we do not even notice.

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.

Wherever we are in life is where destiny has brought us. It doesn't mean we have to stay there.

Each moment is a moment of choice ~ a time to leave the old, the limited, the restrained, and the contracted for the new, the unbound, and the liberating potential that expands before you.

Life is like an escalator. You see, it carries you on regardless. And you might as well enjoy the view and seize every opportunity while you're passing. Otherwise, it'll be too late.

There's still time to change the road you're on...

Your world will change whether or not you choose to change, but you have the power to choose it's direction.

If you didn't have a choice, you had to make a choice. If you didn't have options, you made some. You couldn't just let this world happen to you... he didn't see eternity. He saw this girl and this moment and this one slim chance.

Life is more a matter of choosing than knowing. He could never know the eventual destination of his path, but he could always choose in which direction to take each step.

Often any decision, even the wrong decision, is better than no decision.

You've got to make sure every decision you make is right for you as a person. If you think you can go to a better club than the one you're at, then, regardless of what anyone says, you should go.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

My life is very exciting now. Nostalgia for what? It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind and see the steps. That's where I was. We're here right now. Tomorrow, we'll be someplace else. So why nostalgia?

Sometimes doors open and other close and you have to figure out which one you're going to take. I'm always for the one that's challenging. That's where I think you live your life to the fullest.

Choosing what you want to do, and when to do it, is an act of creation.

At any given moment, it's not about where we are supposed to be. It's about what work, which relationship, what decision I take. Every moment counts. Every decision counts. And if we look at our decisions in life as such, we stop battling and start winning.

I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on.

Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.

We're living under the illusion that we have the power to determine what to do with it.

In the end, it all comes to choices to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

Doubt yourself all you want, but you have to make choices in life and live with them.

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.