Quotes about Choice

Adoption was such a positive alternative to abortion, a way to save one life and brighten two more: those of the adoptive parents.

We find the fullness of life not only in options but in commitments.

But freedom is not an American value; it is a universal value. Freedom cannot be imposed; it must be chosen. And when people are given the choice, they choose freedom.

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.

To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.

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.