Toni Morrison Quotes

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.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

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

Certainly I shall not be one of those who, having gained power, do not wish to use it.

The issue is not whether or not you have that power, the issue is whether or not you use it.

Where it is in our power to act, it is also in our power to not act.

We can now destroy or we can cherish-the choice is ours.

Decision is the ultimate power. Decisions shape destiny.

What is not possible is not to choose.

What happens next is up to you.

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you.

When we get to the future, I'll determine the future.

I think people have all faced decisions at times where you never know.

Life presents you with so many decisions. A lot of times, they're right in front of your face and they're really difficult, but we must make them.

The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.

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

What you can do is a matter of what you will do.

Circumstances are beyond the control of man; but his conduct is in his own power.

We are defined by how we use our power.

Not deciding is a decision. Let’s all remember that when we decide not to do something.

You can't count on things happening if you're not in control of them happening.

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.

Make your choice, adventurous Stranger, Strike the bell and bide the danger, Or wonder, till it drives you mad, What would have followed if you had.

You hold all of our futures in your hands. So you better make it good.