At twenty your choices are ...

At twenty your choices are almost unlimited. At fifty you\'re a prisoner of past decisions. At seventy you have no free will left at all.
At twenty your choices are almost unlimited. At fifty you're a prisoner of past decisions. At seventy you have no free will left at all.
 Helen McCloy

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A rule of thumb for a warrior is that he makes his decisions so carefully that nothing that may happen as a result of them can surprise him, much less drain his power.
The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory.
 George S. Patton
THE PATH OF PEACE is exceedingly vast, reflecting the grand design of the hidden and manifest worlds. A warrior is a living shrine of the divine, one who serves that grand purpose.
 Morihei Ueshiba
The warrior knows that he is free to choose his desires, and he makes these decisions with courage, detachment, and - sometimes - with just a touch of madness.
We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defend our sense of purpose and integrity, to justify our existence on the planet and to understand, if only within our own hearts, who we are and what we believe in.
 Steven Pressfield

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the unconscious forces that govern accessible memory are the most arbitrary of editors and the absolute masters of our lives.
 Helen McCloy
Money is an acquired taste. But, once acquired, it becomes an addiction.
 Helen McCloy
money is an acquired taste that grows as it is fed.
 Helen McCloy
To the Latin, cynicism and middle age are synonymous. Look at our politicians - they move through their careers from left to center to right, like the hands of a clock.
 Helen McCloy