Quotes about Selection
And the king spoke with them, and among all the young men he found no one equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the king’s service.
— Daniel 1:19
Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
— Deuteronomy 10:15
You have not chosen one another, but I have chosen you for one another.
— CS Lewis
Free will is the power of choosing good and evil.
— Origen
So Joshua arose early the next morning and had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.
— Joshua 7:16
These men were not selected by a jury of fellow artists, but appointed by the sovereign and electing choice of God.
— Philip Graham Ryken
Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.
— Judges 7:3
Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.
— Thomas a Kempis
All history involves selection, and it is always human beings who do the selecting.
— NT Wright
Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.
— Exodus 12:21
When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:
— Luke 6:13
While we don't always get what we want, we always get what we choose.
— John Maxwell