We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.
Stephen Covey

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.
Joan of Arc

The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon.
Angelina Jolie

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.
Jonathan Swift

The burden of originality is one that most people don't want to accept. They'd rather sit in front of the TV and let that tell them what they're supposed to like, what they're supposed to buy, and what they're supposed to laugh at.
Marilyn Manson

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.
Viktor E. Frankl

Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
Viktor E. Frankl

I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
Salvador Dali

I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.
Robert H. Schuller

Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
Robert H. Schuller

Our greatest lack is not money for any undertaking, but rather ideas, If the ideas are good, cash will somehow flow to where it is needed.
Robert H. Schuller

Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little.
Lee Iacocca

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.
Arthur Schopenhauer

If I were a Roman Catholic, I should turn a heretic, in sheer desperation, because I would rather go to heaven than go to purgatory.
Charles Spurgeon

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
Harry S. Truman

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
Franz Kafka

The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.
Pope John Paul II

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.
Franz Kafka

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
Marcus Garvey

I'd rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.
Ron White