Quotes About Decision

There was, Alicia realized, a single hour that all the days since your birth pointed you toward. What you thought was a maze of choices, all the possibilities of what your life might become, was, in fact, a series of steps you took along a road, and when you reached your destination and looked back, only one path—the one chosen for you—was visible.

Don't be afraid to ask if you're on the right train.

There was, Alicia realized, a single hour that all the days since your birth pointed you toward. What you thought was a maze of choices, all the possibilities of what your life might become, was, in fact, a series of steps you took along a road, and when you reached your destination and looked back, only one path—the one chosen for you—was visible. She

Doubt is human nature. It's what we do with it that matters.

Would somebody please tell him whose idea it had been to kill the entire state of Colorado?

Drinking myself blind seemed like the next logical step.

What you thought was a maze of choices, all the possibilities of what your life might become, was, in fact, a series of steps you took along a road, and when you reached your destination and looked back, only one path—the one chosen for you—was visible.

Sorry, we made vampires, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

What was the point of being an adult if you couldn't control your master plan?

But she had a lot to think about, and only she could figure out what she wanted to do with this olive branch Dad was extending to her, whether she'd snap it like a twig or accept it and hope it'd flourish.

That was my focal point? My North Star that I had been following so futilely? If I tried to strip her off of the board, it would ruin the collage. Ruin . . . or make real?

How could you let the best thing that's happened to you go just like that?" "He was a good thing, Karin. A great thing. But not the best thing.

If you don't want them, I can find someone else who would." And then, as though shocked, as though she heard the echo of those words, the implications reverberated inside herself. She could find someone else.

There must be a few times in life when you stand at a precipice of a decision. When you know there will forever be a Before and an After...I knew there would be no turning back if I designated this moment as my own Prime Meridian from which everything else would be measured.

And then there was Jacob, who stepped closer to me and then waited, letting me decide whether I would take the next step. Balanced there in indecision, it was as if the Twisted Sisters were before me, shaking their pom-poms, asking: But what is fair about staying with a guy who is ashamed to be seen with you? What was so miraculous about a relationship that was based more on my gratitude than mutual respect.

You know, sometimes the most direct route isn't the right one. - Jacob

There must be a few times in life when you stand at a precipice of a decision. When you know there will forever be a Before and an After.

It seems to me that the matter of the origin of evil has been solved and clarified, as well as the nature of evil actions themselves. If I am not mistaken, as has been argued, evil has its origin in the free decision of the will. But I still ask you whether the very will of which we are speaking and from which there is no doubt that sin originates, can be actually given to us by the one who made us. It would seem certain had we not been given such a will we would not have sinned, and it would

When you want something in life and you find yourself looking over the precipice wondering if you should take a chance and jump, always jump, my son." This is what Xavier said to his son Darius in my upcoming book "Strict Machine".

It's like—all right, supposing there's a fire. What do you do? You grab everyone and everything you can and you get the hell out of there. You don't agonise about letting the fire win. Staying alive doesn't make you the fire's accomplice.

but fact isn't a democratic process;

God's word tells us that righteousness is a gift; it cannot be earned. But godliness is not a gift. We must pay a price to touch godliness through a daily decision to die to self and embrace the cross. God calls us to learn godliness in the classroom of life among people as we sit on airplanes and buses, walk among our neighbors and labor at our factories or desks.

Two inconsistent duties sever My mind with cruel shock, As when the current of a river Is split upon a rock.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.