Quotes about Decision

Of two evils we must always choose the least.

Beware, therefore, lest thou strive too earnestly after some desire which thou hast conceived, without taking counsel of Me; lest haply it repent thee afterwards, and that displease thee which before pleased, and for which thou didst long as for a great good.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

Now in matters of action the reason directs all things in view of the end:

If my best wines mislike thy taste, And my best service win thy frown, Then tarry not, I bid thee haste; There's many another Inn in town.

I'd never take a job where I had to do something that I didn't want to do.

Here is no choice but either do or die.

It is true that God desires all men to be saved (2 Peter 3-9), but that they have to choose to love him and believe in him. Now God can't force anyone to love him. Forced love is a contradiction in terms.

Love must be free: it is a free choice. So in spite of God's desire, some men do not choose to love him. All who go to hell do so because of their free choice. They may not want to go to hell, but they do will it.

Neither can we deny that free will (the power of free choice) is a good thing.

Belief requires assent not only of the mind but also of the will.

When we buy a product, we essentially "hire" something to get a job done. If it does the job well, when we are confronted with the same job, we hire that same product again. And if the product does a crummy job, we "fire" it and look around for something else we might hire to solve the problem.