Quotes About Choice

Pastor Bill Hybels says that seekers might look at our lives and ask themselves, "If I become a Christian, am I trading up or trading down?

A birth control pill for men, that's fair. It makes more sense to take the bullets out of the gun than to wear a bulletproof vest.

Pain is inevitable,'" he says. "'Suffering is optional.

A single bad decision can open a world of lamentable consequences.

One person must choose a new way of being and live that difference in the presence of others

Herein lies the key to understanding what quantum physics is really saying to us about our power in the universe. Our world, our lives, and our bodies exist as they do because they were chosen (imagined) from the world of quantum possibilities. If we want to change any of these things, we must first see them in a new way—to do so is to pick them from a "soup" of many possibilities.

If all of the dos and don'ts of quantum possibilities are true and emotion is the key to choosing reality, then the question is: "How do we feel as if something has happened when the person next to us stares us squarely in the face and says that it hasn't?

The opportunity to be imprisoned or free is ours, and we're the only ones who can make the choice.

Together, we create the healing or the suffering, the peace or the war.

To heal the ancient battle between darkness and light, we may find that it's less about defeating one or the other, and more about choosing our relationship to both.

Key 6: We have all the power we need to create all the changes we choose!

Key 8: To simply say that we choose a new reality is not enough!

When the facts become clear, our choices become obvious.

battle that rages inside every person.' 'The two wolves.' 'That's right. One wolf is anger and fear and paranoia and cruelty. The other is kindness, humility, compassion, serenity. And the boy asks his grandfather, "Which wolf wins?" You remember the answer?' ' "The one you feed." ' 'That's right.

I'm not saying it's easy. I'm saying it's worth doing. Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional...Let me know when you're ready to start giving it up.

Who would you rather have? A leader who is unthinkingly loyal to opinions you disagree with? Or one who is insincere about opinions you share? A fool or a hypocrite? Too often, it seems, these are our only options. I don't know the answer.

I loved my mother because I didn't know I had a choice. I had to love her.

McKay made no secret of his passion for free agency, speaking frequently on the subject in public settings.

Free will again, Cathy said. Or free wont, Peterson said mildly.

If you have a choice of two things and can't decide, take both.

Should I get married? Should I be good?

Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny.

No one controls your destiny. Even at the very worst - there is always choice.