Poor Choices Quotes

• A truly moral nation enacts policies that encourage personal responsibility and discourage self-destructive behavior by not subsidizing people who live irresponsibly and make poor choices.

  Benjamin Carson

  Responsibility, Self, People

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• It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ch. 18 (1999)

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• God answers the mess of life with one word: Grace.

  Max Lucado

  Grace, Answers, Mess

  Twitter post from Mar 18, 2014

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• The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: 'grace.'

  Max Lucado

  Years, Choices, Grace

  Max Lucado (2014). “Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We Imagine”, p.7, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The Lord sees weaknesses differently than He does rebellion.

  Richard G. Scott

  Weakness, Doe, Rebellion

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• As you lose your life in the service of Father in Heaven's children, Satan's temptations lose power in your life.

  Richard G. Scott

  Children, Father, Heaven

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• When we outlaw child pornography, the prices paid for child performers rise, increasing the incentives for parents to use children against their will.

  Mary Ruwart

  Children, Parent, Use

  "Short answers to the tough questions". Book by Mary Ruwart, content.time.com. 1998.

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• Why bad things happen to good people

  Harold S. Kushner

  Erosion, Everything Happens For A Reason, People

  When Bad Things Happen to Good People ch. 1 (1981)

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  People will hurt you. But don't use that as an excuse for your poor choices, use it as motivation to make the right ones.

  LeCrae

  Hurt, Motivation, People

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• I don't believe there's a reason for everything, and having faith doesn't mean I'm blind. I believe people make poor choices. I believe bad things happen to good people. I believe there's evil in the word that I will never understand, but will never stop fighting.

  Tammara Webber

  Believe, Mean, Fighting

  Tammara Webber (2011). “Good For You”, p.15, Tammara Webber

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• A nation that does not read much does not know much. And a nation that does not know much is more likely to make poor choices in the home, the marketplace, the jury box, and the voting booth. And those decisions ultimately affect the entire nation...the literate and illiterate.

  Jim Trelease

  Home, Choices, Decision

  Jim Trelease (2006). “The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition”, p.23, Penguin

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• I was made for more than being stuck in a vicious cycle of defeat. I am not made to be a victim of my poor choices. I was made to be a victorious child of God.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Children, Choices, Defeat

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Jan 02, 2013

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• That's is life. You move and change according to things that happen to you and things that you make happen because of poor choices.

  Michelle Singletary

  Moving, Choices, Poor

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• I found nothing really wrong with this autobiography except poor choice of subject.

  Clifton Fadiman

  Writing, Choices, Poor

  Clifton Fadiman (1955). “Party of One: The Selectd Writings of Clifton Fadiman”

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• It only takes one mistake,' the Dan Banyan guy says, 'and nothing else you ever do will matter.' With his empty hand, he takes one of my hands. His fingers feel hot, fever-hot, and pounding with his heartbeats. He turns my hand palm-up saying, 'No matter how hard you work or how smart you become, you'll always be known for that one poor choice.' He sets the blue pill on my palm, saying, 'Do that one wrong thing- and you'll be dead for the rest of your life.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Mistake, Smart, Blue

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• I am very sorry if I have caused any offence. It was a poor choice of costume.

  Prince Harry

  Sorry, Choices, Costumes

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• A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement.

  Trent Lott

  Apology, Past, Choices

  "Lott Apologizes for Remark". www.foxnews.com. December 12, 2002.

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• I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.

  John Cleese

  Creativity, Choices, Design

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. October 19, 2012.

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• It only takes one mistake and nothing else you ever do will matter. No matter how hard you work or how smart you become, you'll always be known for that one poor choice.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Mistake, Smart, Choices

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• Fill your life with service to others. As you lose your life in the service of Father in Heaven’s children, Satan’s temptations lose power in your life. Because your Father in Heaven loves you profoundly, the Atonement of Jesus Christ makes that strength possible. Isn’t it wonderful? Many of you have felt the burden of poor choices, and each of you can feel the elevating power of the Lord’s forgiveness, mercy, and strength.

  Richard G. Scott

  Jesus, Children, Father

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• The fact that more than half of the young black men in any large American city are currently under the control of the criminal justice system (or saddled with criminal records) is not - as many argue - just a symptom of poverty or poor choices, but rather evidence of a new racial caste system at work.

  Michelle Alexander

  Men, Cities, Justice

  "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness". Book by Michelle Alexander, January 5, 2010.

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• I've slept with a couple of people and made some poor choices and put things in jeopardy with [...] what I was happy with, and that's my own fault. I've got no one else to blame about that stuff.

  Shane Warne

  Couple, People, Choices

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• Children who willingly participate in sexual acts have the right to make that decision as well, even if it's distasteful to us personally. Some children will make poor choices just as some adults do in smoking and drinking to excess; this is part of life. When we outlaw child pornography, the prices paid for child performers rise, increasing the incentives for parents to use children against their will.

  Mary Ruwart

  Children, Drinking, Decision

  "Short answers to the tough questions". Book by Mary Ruwart, content.time.com. 1998.

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• The joyful news for anyone who desires to be rid of the consequences of past poor choices is that the Lord sees weaknesses differently than He does rebellion. Whereas the Lord warns that unrepented rebellion will bring punishment, when the Lord speaks of weaknesses, it is always with mercy.

  Richard G. Scott

  Past, Punishment, Choices

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• Love couldn't be moved by circumstance, poor choices, or even blatant lies-skewed and damaged, yes, but the heart couldn't deny what it wanted most once the desire was planted. Whether in bliss or affliction, love owned you all the same.

  Rachel Wade

  True Love, Lying, Heart

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