Quotes about Choice

Unhappy it is, though, to reflect that a brother's sword has been sheathed in a brother's breast and that the once-happy plains of America are either to be drenched with blood or inhabited by slaves. Sad alternative! But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice?

Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.

So much "stuff" keeps getting in the way of enjoying My Presence. You are worried and troubled about many things, but only one thing is needed. When you make Me that one thing, you choose what will never be taken away from you.

How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!—PROVERBS 16:16

The power of military might is a Babylonian reality, not a new Jerusalem one. The Lamb was slaughtered because he refused to use Babylon's weapons, and the way of the Lamb is to conquer by the "sword from his mouth," not a sword drawn from a scabbard. The Word of God is the weapon of choice for those walking in the way of the Lamb.

We...sin not because we want what is evil, but because we want what isn't good enough.

You have a "turn" every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.

A time of crisis is not just a time of anxiety and worry. It gives a chance, an opportunity, to choose well or to choose badly.

If your time is worth anything, travel by air. If not, you might just as well walk.

Each time we consider a miracle impossible, or assume that we ourselves are not capable of working it, then we're choosing not to take flight.

Because in my nature I have always run to pie, whilst in his nature he has always run to mystery.

Each man's preference is the only standard for him, the only one which he can accept, the only one which can command him.