Quotes about Choice

Not making a decision is actually a decision. It's the decision to stay the same.

Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional.

Why does anybody tell a story? It does indeed have something to do with faith. Faith that the universe has meaning, that our little human lives are not irrelevant, that what we choose or say or do matters, matters cosmically.

He knew what she wanted, and he wanted it, too; he was ready, but not, despite her gorgeousness, with Tiglah. Tiglah was not worth losing his ability to touch a unicorn.

It is the ability to choose which makes us human.

We do wrong, with all the best will in the world. And sometimes we do right without even knowing it.

I think this is one of the situations where there is no right choice. We have to pray that we make the choice that is the least wrong.

Power is what Satan offers us, whereas God keeps pointing out that we serve el best in our weakness, so that we can acknowledge that it is the Creator choosing to work through us, his fragile creatures. It is God who has made us, and not we ourselves. But because we enjoy feeling powerful, we accept Satan's offers.

When a character wants to do one thing and I want him to do another, the character is usually right.

I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.

Notice how Christ uses that word deny twice. He said to Peter the first time, "Deny himself" (Matthew 16:24); He said to Peter the second time, "Thou shalt deny me" (Matthew 26:34). It is either of the two. There is no other choice for us; we must either deny self or deny Christ. There are two great powers fighting each other the self-nature in the power of sin, and Christ in the power of God. Either of these must rule within us.

The image he bears decides his destiny.