Quotes About Choosing

Once more she was her father's puppet. But it hadn't been a role of her choosing.

How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart you had to bury?

I believe photography is about choosing to live, being brave. Looking is an act of courage. It's terrifying. It's possible to see too much, to witness things that we cannot hold.

I choose my battles wisely you see Sometimes the fight is just not met to be I pick only the ones I know I can win And all others I just smartly end

His mind was closed to the possibility of a new story; there was no room in his heart for a new character of God's holy choosing, or for a new

And eventually, the choosing becomes easier, the darkness lifts, and walking in Jesus' way is not quite such a strugglefor a while. But the darkness will always return, often unexpectedly. That is why I need Lent, because it bears witness to the reality of darkness, of doubt, of fear, of pain. And it carries me through those real places, real experiences into one that is more fully and truly Real: the Reality of Resurrection, of Light, of Life.

Rejection-and the fear of rejection-is the biggest impediment we face to choosing ourselves.

sex is merely a genetic joint venture. the process of choosing somebody to have sex with, which used to be known as falling in love, is mysterious, cerebral, and highly selective.

Love is the wanting, and the having, and the choosing, and the becoming. Love is a desire to see the person we love be and become all he or she is capable of being and becoming. Love is a willingness to lay down our own personal plans, desires, and agenda for the good of the relationship. Love is delayed gratification, pleasure, and pain. Love is being able to live and thrive apart, but choosing to be together.

Strategy is making trade-offs in competing. The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.

Thought is the coin of heaven. Money is its earthly symbol. Every moment must be invented, and our inner talking reveals whether we are spending or investing. Be more interested in what you are inwardly 'saying now' than what you have 'said' by choosing wisely what you think and what you feel now.

When I preached through the Gospel of John a couple of years ago, time and time again I was struck by the fact that Jesus does EVERYTHING! He calls people, He chooses people, He saves people, He sanctifies people, He lives His life through people.