Top 100 Not An Option Quotes
#1. I might be developing an addiction. You being my drug of choice. Rehab is 'not' an option, my love is forever. Just so you know.
Truth Devour
#2. I had to be different ... so I would not be inferior. We could not occupy the same space together. Like horses in a race, I was tired of jostling for position and losing. I chose a different course so that losing would not be an option.
Julianne Donaldson
#3. I am a champion, and my damsel is in distress. Failure is not an option." "But death is," she mumbled under her breath. "Fear not, mate. I will prevail." Famous last words.
Eve Langlais
#4. To ensure longterm failure is not an option, one must learn from many short-term failures.
Orrin Woodward
#5. Being of service is not an option, it is a biological necessity. Every kind of action we do for someone is a reanimation of our own life force - and of the other person's.
Caroline Myss
#6. If you Don't where you going, look back and see where you have come from
Jason Aites
#7. He'd survived, his mind strong. Others ... others were broken. The healing process was going to be a long one, but Judd had pledged himself to it
That thought in mind, he headed to his room to wash up before going to Brenna. Not seeing her wasn't an option ...
Nalini Singh
#8. I broke my ankle ten years ago so high heels are not an option unless I'm literally going door to door for a function.
Britt Ekland
#9. Beauty has been democratised. No longer the preserve of movie stars and models but available to all. But while the invitation to beauty is welcomed, it has become not so much an option as an imperative.
Susie Orbach
#10. Jesus did not come to strike a balance between grace and truth. He brought the full measure of both ... It's easy to create an all-truth church model. It may be even easier to create an all-grace model, but Jesus didn't leave either option on the table.
Andy Stanley
#11. It would be easy to descend into despair, not only about the state of journalism, but the future of American democracy. But giving up is not an option. There is too much at stake.
Laurie Garrett
#12. Giving up is not an option. It is the biggest mistake one can make and there's nothing to be learnt from it
Lyrikal
#13. For those who were born lovers, falling in love is not neither an option nor a decision. it is a matter of existence.
Sameh Elsayed
#14. We believe that what they call "Grexit" [a Greek exit from the eurozone] is not an option for us.
Antonis Samaras
#15. You're going to find the people that make it work NEVER quit, quitting is NOT an option.
Bob Proctor
#16. When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone - it's possible. But creatively, it's more like painting: you can't just use the same colours in every painting. It's just not an option. You can't take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
Ben Harper
#17. Choosing to be miserable is an option, but not one I recommend.
Darren Johnson
#18. If failure is not an option, then neither is success.
Seth Godin
#19. Optimizing your strength is not optional, it's an obligation.
J.R. Rim
#20. There is no moral middle ground. Indifference is not an option ... For the sake of our children, I implore each of you to be unyielding and inflexible in your opposition to drugs.
Oliver North
#21. At Temple University, and I'm sure this was the way in a lot of film classes, comedy was not an option, and not considered a serious form of expression. You had to make a film about an issue.
Tim Heidecker
#23. The urge to quit is strongest just before breakthroughs occur. Those are the times when it's most important to stay focused and committed. You will encounter the urge to quit many times. Get over it. Quitting is not an option; always be prepared to give it one more day.
Matthew Barnett
#24. But telling a giraffe killer that I need someone is not an option.
Nikki Godwin
#25. Having the positive belief that it will all be O.K. just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind.
Natalie Massenet
#26. As an African-American, we stand on the shoulders of people who fought despite not seeing victories in their lifetime or even in their children's lifetime or even in their grandchildren's lifetime. So fatalism isn't really an option.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
#29. I'm a realist. Where I come from, 'phenomenons' don't exist. I'm from a land where people make mistakes and try again, harder, faster; where negativity is not an option.
Akshay Kumar
#30. Doing nothing in the face of a grave threat to the world is not an option.
George W. Bush
#31. Forgiveness is not an option; it is essential for life.
Debasish Mridha
#32. I'd just stepped out of the kiddie pool and into the deep end, with no floaties. And drowning was not an option.
Rachel Vincent
#33. 56,000 companies have already benefited from the schemes that we have brought in. If we have taken the advice of the Conservative Party, no money would have been used. As Barack Obama said only yesterday, doing nothing is not an option.
Gordon Brown
#34. Playing well and winning the Super Bowl helped my credibility. Otherwise, when Id give an opinion, people would say, What has he done? If I didnt win that Super Bowl, Id probably be coaching somewhere. TV would not be an option for me. So, (winning the Super Bowl) does help.
Phil Simms
#35. When you have a baby, sleep is not an option. You can't sleep. Even on vacation, you wake up at 6:30 a.m.
Jimmy Fallon
#37. Daddy always said that an option that you know to have a bad outcome is only a fool's option, i.e., not an option at all. And I liked to think that Daddy hadn't raised a fool.
Gabrielle Zevin
#38. Sustainable development is not an option! It is the only path that allows all of humanity to share a decent life on this, one planet. Rio+20 gives our generation the opportunity to choose this path.
Sha Zukang
#41. Let's not leave an educational vacuum to be filled by religious extremists who go to families who have no other option and offer meals, housing and some form of education. If we are going to combat extremism then we must educate those very same children.
Hillary Clinton
#43. Forgiveness is a choice, but it is not an option.
Joel Osteen
#44. Failure is not an option. Failure is necessary ... We try. We fail. We learn. We adjust.
Craig Groeschel
#45. Being discouraged is natural but giving up is not an option.
Court Young
#46. You wanna have it out?" Drew challenged without heat. "We will. And I'll win. Losing you is not an option.
Cambria Hebert
#47. Independence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us.
Henry Cloud
#48. Now that that's settled, you're coming with me."
"Never in a billion suns. Not even if Zeus showed up as a swan and tried to peck me in your direction. I wouldn't go with you even if my other option was Hades dragging me to the Underworld for an eternal threesome with Persephone.
Amanda Bouchet
#49. Obviously there are exceptions, but I suspect that for many people the main reason they cling to religion is not that it is consoling, but that they have been let down by our educational system and don't realize that non-belief is even an option.
Anonymous
#50. Aging is not an option, but how we age is completely within our choices. Lifestyle
Sharon Lee Rasa
#51. When failure is not an option we can forget about learning, creativity, and innovation.
Brene Brown
#52. My parents always used to tell us not to complain about things but do something about them, so 'Can't is not an option' was almost a way of life.
Nikki Haley
#53. Because I am a horrible flincher, contact lenses are not an option. I'm always envious of contact-wearers. There are endless reasons to take off one's glasses during the day and, as I have grown older, what I don't see has become increasingly pronounced.
Sloane Crosley
#54. I would say that by virtue of your not acting parental up to this point, you've relinquished your ability to wield any power now. Sam and I are together. It's not an option.
Maggie Stiefvater
#55. I have to win races. It's not even an option.
Joey Logano
#56. Well it's always been an element of the horror film to show us the gross out. I mean that's one option for all filmmakers making a horror film and it's not something I've found myself above either.
Sam Raimi
#57. Ministry's not an option for a Christian; it's a privilege.
Lori Hatcher
#58. If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq.
Charles Rangel
#60. In Christian marriage, love is not an option. It is a duty.
R.C. Sproul
#61. Living at peace with everyone ... is not an option, it's an obligation.
Alistair Begg
#62. Rocket scientists agree that we have about reached the limit of our ability to travel in space using chemical rockets. To achieve anything near the speed of light we will need a new energy source and a new propellant. Nuclear fission is not an option.
Wilson Greatbatch
#63. There's another option. You can consider the reader, not as a helpless victim or a passive consumer, but as an active, intelligent, worthy collaborator. A colluder, a coillusionist.
Ursula K. Le Guin
#64. We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die ... So just standing still isn't really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#66. Humankind has no option but to protect and live in harmony with its natural environment. However, it would be regrettable if in putting an end to revolutionary extremism, we should then come to environmental extremism. We should not forget that all extremes are the same.
Mikhail Gorbachev
#67. If you quit on the process, you are quitting on the result.
Idowu Koyenikan
#68. For most women, including women who want to have children, contraception is not an option; it is a basic health care necessity.
Louise Slaughter
#69. An institution has to decide, and it's not just an option, it's a responsibility, how much diversity can be tolerated.
Albert Mohler
#70. Leaders do not choose, rather they respond to God choosing them. Thus, the first responsive step of leadership is of utmost importance. It is an act of rebellion against the society of the spectacle - It is to relinquish a life of many options so that you can receive God's one option.
Mark Sayers
#71. Multilateralism is not an easy option. We're going to find that the world is very difficult. And relationships between America and the rest of the world are very difficult.
Chris Patten
#72. They'll tell you failure is not an option. That is ridiculous, failure is always an option. Failure is the most readily available option at all times. But it's a choice. You can choose to fail or you can choose to succeed.
Chael Sonnen
#73. Not winning a tournament is not an option for me, unless it's no longer theoretically possible - then of course winning becomes impossible. But up to that point, not winning is just not an option.
Magnus Carlsen
#74. We've never lost an American in space, we're sure as hell not gonna lose one on my watch! Failure is not an option.
Gene Kranz
#75. I did not go to military school. I had an option either a military school or a private school. I don't know how to get that out of the information that's out there.
Channing Tatum
#76. Transportation is an essential part of our lives, and in New York City where driving is not a viable option most of the time, public transportation and taxis are the only way to get around.
Simi Linton
#77. Failure is not an option if success is just a matter of trying harder
W. Bruce Cameron
#78. If 'gay' is not in your vocabulary, if being gay is not an option in your world, then you're far more likely to see your kid as anything but gay.
Suzanne Brockmann
#79. It's okay to be scared, and it's okay to fail. But you have to try. Not trying isn't an option.
Jessica Bendinger
#80. I take the choice out of exercise. It's not an option.
Gabrielle Reece
#81. He had fought wizards (though not because he wished to), battled goblinkin (only because running hadn't been an option at the time), and faced incredible monsters (drat the luck he sometimes had when he thought about it).
Mel Odom
#82. As I was coming up in business, screwing up was not an option in any form.
Kevin Allen
#83. Kindness is not an option, it is an absolute necessity of life.
Debasish Mridha
#85. I could never even entertain the notion that it's an option, to not be an artist.
Dustin Yellin
#86. Sam ... "
"What?" she whispered.
"Tell me what to do to fix it."
She shook her head and closed her eyes as though she couldn't bear to see him. "You can't fix it."
He had to. Failure here was not an option. "Let me try.
Kaylea Cross
#88. Home was truly the best place he could possibly be, but, alas, was not an available option.
Kenneth Eade
#89. A perfectly imperfect friendship had somehow formed, and losing Lev was not an option.
Belle Aurora
#90. Fight or flight is bullshit. Flight is the default. Fight only happens when flight is not an option. Because fight requires a sharp committed mind that can think ten steps ahead.
Shane Kuhn
#91. Failure is not an option. It just happens all the time. Like, all the time.
Craig Benzine
#92. Evangelism is not an option for the Christian life.
Luis Palau
#93. Walking out of an A level paper isn't funny."
"It's not that I'm laughing at."
"So what is it?"
"No one ever tells you when you're doing all that course work and revision and timed essays and study skills that it's an option."
"But it isn't an option."
"It is, because I just took it.
Rosamund Lupton
#94. You're living life in real time, man, and we' ve got a good amount of work to do for each other. Hiding is not an option and you're going to step out and you're going to make mistakes.
Ben Harper
#95. An excuse is the most expensive brand of self defeat you will ever purchase.
Johnnie Dent Jr.
#96. We can consciously end our life almost anytime we choose. This ability is an endowment, like laughing and blushing, given to no other animal ... in any given moment, by not exercising the option of suicide, we are choosing to live.
Peter McWilliams
#97. It's all about perseverance. I just had this attitude ... where failure was just not an option.
Brian Binnie
#98. The more humdrum aspects of life do not make for gripping reading. To render them compelling, a writer must describe the universal in eloquent and evocative prose. Alas, Frey's writing suggests that this was not an option, and he came up with something else.
Anna Quindlen
#99. Tomorrow is not an option, and yesterday was too late.
Douglas Harvey
#100. Peace is not a dream; peace is an option! You either choose peace and prove that you are clever and angelic, or choose war proving that you are stupid and devilish!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
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