Quotes about Freewill
Then I told them, “You are holy to the LORD, and these articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.
— Ezra 8:28
It is the ability to choose which makes us human.
— Madeleine L'Engle
What you make of life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need - what you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours. Stay mindful of your choices!
— John Maxwell
For all works and things, which are either commanded or forbidden by God and thus have been instituted by the supreme Majesty, are 'musts.' Nevertheless, no one should be dragged to them or away from them by the hair, for I can drive no man to heaven or beat him into it with a club.
— Martin Luther
The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.
— Origen
Our actions are not simply links in a closed chain of causally connected physical events. We have the capacity to be first causes, starting a new chain of cause and effect.
— Nancy Pearcey
While we don't always get what we want, we always get what we choose.
— John Maxwell
We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.
— John Henry Newman
And let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.’”
— Ezra 1:4
It's absolutely crucial that we come face to face with the power of our choices.
— Rob Bell
When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.
— Ezra 2:68
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.
— John Ortberg