Dalai Lama Quotes

I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that.

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.

If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision.

Now I get to pick and choose exactly what I want to do.

I never pressure myself to do something I don't want to do.

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

What matters is that my daughter is surrounded by love. I believe in the right to go down the path that feels best for you.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I'll continue to do that.

I don't want to be president, but I want to be free to decide whether or not I want to be president of this country.

I never do anything that I don't want to do.

I feel I'm entitled to make my own decision.

We're allowed as adults to create a life that we like. Kids don't have that freedom.

I'm never going to do something that I don't want to do, because I've been given the opportunity to not have to do that.

No public official, no congressman, has the right to tell a woman what decision she must make and no congressman has the wisdom to dictate what is best for her.

Part of being not only a liberal but also a human is to make your own decisions.

I have come to believe that we must trust women and families - not politicians - to make the best decisions for their lives.

I never allowed other people's expectations to determine whatever course I took. I had to reach a decision about what I was going to do based on what I felt inside myself.

I can play at four or I can play at five and I think I feel more comfortable because I'm flexible to do whatever I want to do.

When 'Siruthai' became a hit, there was suddenly a lot at stake. A lot of people were telling me what to do and what not to. But at some point, you realise that's not the way to go. Good or bad, you need to be making your own choices.

You don't want other people to tell you what to do your whole life. And if you feel like shaving your hair off, then you just do it.

I chose my own path because that was the only way.

Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.

You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.