Quotes About Choices

The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.

There are no free lunches in philosophy any more than in real life.

You are always in a universe of choices. Any moment of your life can go in any direction you choose.

And I come to realise that all my small todays, the way I act, will lead into my tomorrows.

As a result, we don't see anything wrong with aiming more at personal gratification than at God's glory in the plans and choices we make, in some part because we believe that our earthly happiness is the primary way God's glory is revealed.

When there were two of you, you decided so many little things together, such as which room to sit in with your morning coffee. When you were alone, he said, it was so miserably difficult to make those little choices.

There seemed to be three choices: to give up trying to love anyone, to stop being selfish, or to learn to love a person while continuing to be selfish.

E se a vida estiver lá fora, naquelas vozes que desdenhei? E se o desvio da minha rota foi exatamente esse que escolhi? Mas haverá ainda tempo?

Our daughters aren't the same people we are, nor are they extensions of ourselves. They are unique individuals in God's eyes, responsible to Him for the choices they make, not to their mothers.

Goodbyes were like crossroads where the path divided, places where you could look back at what you were leaving behind yet glimpse the choices and possibilities that lay ahead. Goodbyes were hard because they meant change.

No, Engelena. Don't blame yourself. Adam and Eve had a perfect parent, yet they rebelled.

Goodbyes were like crossroads where the path divided, places where you could look back at what you were leaving behind yet glimpse the choices and possibilities that lay ahead.

There are so many ways in which our hours can be claimed each day. What a shame that we only have one life.

Which do I care more about - demanding my rights or displaying right choices?

The decisions you make determine the schedule you keep. The schedule you keep determines the life you live. And how you live your life determines

Today's choices become tomorrow's circumstances.

Forgiveness is the weapon. Our choices moving forward are the battlefield. Moving on is the journey.

Today's choices become tomorrow's circumstances. Proverbs 27:12 says, "The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

Yes, I want to lose weight. But this journey is so much more than just that. It really is about learning to tell myself no and learning to make wiser choices daily. And somehow becoming a woman of self-discipline honors God and helps me live the godly characteristic of self-control.

Everything is permissible'—but not everything is beneficial" (1 Corinthians 10:23).

Feelings follow correct behaviors, not the other way around. Make right choices to honor God, and your feelings will eventually catch up. And though at first following God this way may appear to make your life harder, it actually does the exact opposite. It makes your attitude more in line with His, thus enabling you to weather whatever comes your way.

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.

If I understand balance, I will eat to live — not live to eat. I will enjoy nourishment, not gorge on empty calories. I will eat until satisfied, not eat to be satisfied. As Romans 6:19 says, I will make right choices that honor God and lead to holiness rather than constant indulgences that lead to defeat.

Too many of us live with an uncontrolled thought life. It is possible to learn to identify destructive thoughts and make wiser choices. Instead of letting those thoughts rumble freely about in my mind, I make the choice to harness them and direct them toward truth.