Quotes about Volition

But we do know that much of what we commonly describe as Christian behavior is not volitional at all—it is enforced. But worship is not forced. Everyone who worships does so because he or she wants to.

Love can only be found in freedom of choice. And for choice to exist, there must be an alternative to choose. Something as compelling as love.

We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.

There are no have-to's, just choices

All is foreseen, but freedom of choice is given.

And whensoever thou findest thyself; that thou art in danger of a relapse, and that thou art not able to master and overcome those difficulties and temptations that present themselves in thy present station: get thee into any private corner, where thou mayst be better able. Or if that will not serve forsake even thy life rather. But so that it be not in passion but in a plain voluntary modest way: this being the only commendable action of thy whole life that thus thou art departed

Always a choice, even in not choosing.

A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.

All that is done on compulsion is bitterness to the soul.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes; chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.

And, generally speaking, all things are good which men deliberately choose to do;

You can do what you will: but at each given moment of your life you can will only one determined thing and by no means anything other than this one.