Andre Agassi Quotes

No matter where you are in life . . . [y]ou always have a choice and the choice can be power.

We all have the power to choose how we are going to handle every situation we are faced with throughout our lives. We are in control of the decision we make whether it's about work, relationships, parenting, or our health.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept situations.

In my real life, I see people who are really enjoying their lives - I mean, really enjoying their lives - and they take joy in their daily obligations; they just do. And I believe that at a certain point, you've got to choose to be that way. You choose to approach your life that way. Or it's all kind of a drag until Friday.

I just have to wake up every day and be content with the decisions I make.

Most of society thinks that biography is destiny, that the past equals the future, and of course it does if you live there...but what we really have to remind ourselves is that decision is the ultimate power.

You are not here to try to get the world to be just as you want it. You are here to create the world around you that you choose.

I need not wait for I have the power to choose my own destiny.

If I stay. If I live. It's up to me.

Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.

There's nothing about my life that I would have changed.

The biggest privilege I've had in my life is being able to make a choice. If you make a choice, it can't be a wrong choice because it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will.

If you want to be happy, be.

This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

You should learn to be happy with what you have. Besides, the fact that I'm not a huge star has allowed me to pick and choose the roles I want to do, not the ones some person sitting in a studio office thinks I should do.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

I'm a very positive person. My grandmother taught me that happiness is both a skill and a decision, and you are responsible for the outcome.

You have a choice whether you want to be happy or not. I choose to be happy.

Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.

You can't please everyone so you gotta please yourself.

I think that certainly my choices empower me.

But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.