Sigrid Undset Quotes

I guess in the end, it doesn’t matter what we wanted. What matters is what we chose to do with the things we had.

Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.

Whatever can be done in this world will be done. The only question is whether it will be done by you or to you.

People are decisions and actions.

Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

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.

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

We speculate as to what is in store for us. But we not only undergo events, we in part cause them or at least influence their course. We have not only to study them but to act.

You are the sum total of the choices you make every day.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

It is up to us to make the right choice and the right decisions.

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.

Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.

I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil, has been done freely; I am a free agent.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

Each is responsible for his own actions.

We are exactly where we have chosen to be.

Men are not free when they are doing just what they like. The moment you can do just what you like, there is nothing you care about doing.

If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all.

Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves that necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

I realized a long time ago that, even as a kid, it's all about the choices you make, the things you pursue. In the end, you're a sum of your choices.