WIST

You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now.

Joan Baez (b. 1941) American singer, political activist
“Daybreak” (1966)
Variant: "You can't decide how you're going to die. Or when. What you can decide is how you're going to live now."

Action is the antidote to despair.

Joan Baez (b. 1941) American singer, political activist
(Attributed)