Quotes About Choice

Sólo de libre voluntad se somete uno al Amor

Virtue is free, and as a man honours or dishonours her he will have more or less of her; the responsibility is with the chooser—God is justified.

The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.

I will never fear or avoid a possible good rather than a certain evil.

I throw this apple before you. Take it—if you love me purely, and give up your virginity. Yet if you will not love me keep the apple—and think how long the beauty lasts.

Si es cierto que lo agradable es bueno, no es posible que un hombre, sabiendo que puede hacer cosas mejores que las que hace, y conociendo que puede hacerlas, haga sin embargo las malas y deje las buenas, estando en su voluntad el poder escoger. Ser inferior a sí mismo no es otra cosa que estar en la ignorancia; y ser superior a sí mismo no es otra cosa que poseer la ciencia.

Une courtisane est toujours bonne, s'il y a plus de mal que de bien à faire.

I am Nothing. He liked the name. It did not make him feel worthless; on the contrary, he began to think of himself as a blank slate upon which anything could be written. The words inscribed on his soul were up to him.

I have one life and one chance to make it count for something . . . I'm free to choose what that something is, and the something I've chosen is my faith. Now, my faith goes beyond theology and religion and requires considerable work and effort. My faith demands -- this is not optional -- my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference." – President Jimmy Carter

Non siamo malcontenti delle nostre scelte e di quello che la vita ci ha dato, ma quando ci incontriamo proviamo entrambi la curiosa e non sgradevole impressione ( ce la siamo più volte descritta a vicenda) che un velo, un soffio, un tratto di dado, ci abbia deviati su due strade divergenti che non erano le nostre

Suicide is an act of man and not of the animal.

For a few hours we can be unhappy in the manner of free men.

She must come through on her own," said Ruwach calmly. "Others can call her, and I can make it accessible for her, but she must make the choice on her own.

But whether or not God CHOOSES to do something is a question of His sovereignty, not His ability.

After all, a man is only what he has decided to do, or not to do.

What if the choice isn't between certainties, between this faith and that, but between faith and doubt? Between renouncing the mystery and embracing it?

No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences. No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions. Not even death.

Better blind in Hell than speechless in Heaven. —

fot he sin of the idolater is not that he worships stone, but that he worships one stone over others.

Almost all men prized the familiar path over the true.

So Miss Curdy said I had to be punished. She gave me a choice of punishments. One: I could come into the gym after school every day and inflate all the basketballs — by mouth — until my head exploded. Or two: I could coach the first-grade soccer team. I chose number two. The wrong choice.

I always fixed beef for your father. But he only wanted pie.

I'll just have fries and a Coke," Amber said. "Is Pepsi okay?" the waitress asked. "Sure." Does anyone ever say no to that question?

Jealous? Maybe. No reason. I like my ladies with a pulse.