Quotes about Choice

People are not puppets that Hashem controls, making us do whatever He wants. Nor can He be manipulated to do whatever we ask of Him. Human beings chose to start this war, and that means we are responsible for putting the people we love in danger, not Him. But Hashem can bring good from this, even if we cannot see it.

It's impossible to hold up the banners of victim and victory at the same time.

I can't control the things that happen to me each day, but I can control how I think about them. I can say to myself, "I have a choice to have destructive thoughts or constructive thoughts right now. I can wallow in what's wrong and make things worse, or I can ask God for a better perspective to help me see good even when I don't feel good." Indeed, when we gain new perspectives, we can see new ways of thinking.

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

God made us capable of craving so we'd have an unquenchable desire for more of Him, and Him alone. Nothing changes until we make the choice to redirect our misguided cravings to the only one capable of satisfying them.

do. "In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

My ability to heal cannot depend on anyone's choices but my own.

Our decisions aren't just isolated choices. Our decisions point our lives in the directions we're about to head. Show me a decision and I'll show you a direction.

great love isn't two people finding the perfect match in each other. Great love is two people making the choice to be a match. A

As soon as sin was their choice, the cover of darkness was their preference.

It's impossible to hold up the banners of victim and victory at the same time. With

Moment by moment we have the choice to live in our own strength and risk failure or to reach across the gap and grab hold of God's unwavering strength.