Muriel Rukeyser Quotes

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.

If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it.

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

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?

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

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.

As contemporary history reminds us we are human to the extent that we are able to chose between alternatives.

We are exactly where we have chosen to be.

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

You are responsible for the choices you make in this life period, end of story.

Choices are a very important part of our lives.

Man has a choice and it's a choice that makes him a man.

God isn't about making good things happen to you, or bad things happen to you. He's all about you making choices--exercising the gift of free will. God wants you to have good things and a good life, but He won't gift wrap them for you. You have to choose the actions that lead you to that life.

We make choices. No one else can live our lives for us. And we must confront and accept the consequences of our actions.

You are free to choose. You are not free not to choose. No choice is a choice. You are free to choose but you are not free to choose the consequences of that choice.

People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.

I am very comfortable with the idea that we can override biology with free will.

The key to your universe is that you can choose.

I don't feel guilt. Whatever I wish to do, I do.

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 futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed by choices made in their own minds or hearts, as well as choices unexpectedly forced on them by things beyond their control.

One of the greatest gifts that God has given us is free will. Even though it's free, we don't take advantage of it as much as we could when it comes to matters of the heart.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.