choose to
Synonyms
Examples
Without friends no one would choose to live.
People are just as happy as they choose to be.
It is impossible for the mind to remain undisturbed by thoughts, but anyone serious about the matter can certainly permit them entry or drive them away, and although their origin does not lie entirely under our control we can choose to approve of them and to adopt them.
If you choose to make friendship with a pig you must be prepared to live in the mad.
Choose to fight, not negotiate.
If you choose to lie down with dogs, you must be prepared to wake up with fleas.