Quotes about Choice
God gave us our agency. He taught us a way. He showed us what to do. But he gave us our agency and left us free to act as we choose to do.
— Gordon Hinckley
Something good made something bad possible (though not inevitable). Humans, however, didn't use their freedom well. Instead of using it to honor God in friendship, they used it to rebel.
— Greg Koukl
The essence of God's action in wrath is to give people what they choose, in all its implications.
— JI Packer
I think God gives every one of us our own will, and unfortunately, some people choose to do evil things with it.
— Joel Osteen
People are born to be free; it's a gift from God.
— Joyce Meyer
It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
— Margaret Mead
How rude for the created to tell the Creator "I wasn't worth it. You didn't do a good job when you made me. I wasn't worth dying for." You don't get a choice! He's the one who gets to decide.
— Mark Lowry
We cannot freely and wisely choose the right way for ourselves unless we know both good and evil.
— Helen Keller
Every morning, in your first view of the day, you have the choice to say, 'Good morning, God' or 'Good God, morning.'
— Wayne Dyer
I am justified. For I chose wisdom and the knowledge of good and evil ; and now there is no evil; and wisdom and good are one. It is enough.
— George Bernard Shaw
People must not be forced to adopt me as their favourite author, even for their own good.
— George Bernard Shaw