Quotes about Choice

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.

Betwixt the life of feeling and the life of faith the Christian has to choose every day. Happy is he who, once for all, has made the firm choice, and every morning renews the choice, not to seek or listen for feeling, but only to walk by faith, according to the will of God.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything.

To me,' said the Princess, 'the choice of life is become less important; I hope hereafter to think only on the choice of eternity.

ALTERNATIVE  (ALTE'RNATIVE)   n.s.[alternatif, Fr.]The choice given of two things; so that if one be rejected, the other must be taken.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

Each of us faces a choice every moment of every day. When we choose God—his laws, his wills, and his way—we choose life. And when we choose ourselves—our laws, our wills, our way—we choose death.

God has loved us first, and he has made us for himself. He "desires" our love, and so he leaves us free, for true love cannot be coerced.

From the beginning God created us with that radical freedom: to choose him, or to choose ourselves instead.