Daily Inspiration Quote by Charles R. Swindoll

Swindoll’s line is engineered to do pastoral triage: it moves suffering out of the realm of fate and into the realm of agency, fast. The hook is “remarkable” - a word that quietly rebukes the listener’s default assumption that mood is something that happens to us. By framing attitude as a “choice,” he borrows the clean moral architecture of religion (free will, responsibility, daily recommitment) and applies it to the messy interior weather of modern life.

The wording is deliberately ordinary: “everyday,” “for that day.” No grand conversions, no once-and-done transformation. It’s the spiritual equivalent of a morning reset button, which fits neatly into evangelical and self-help cultures that prize actionable discipline over metaphysical complexity. The sentence’s rhythm is also strategic. “We have a choice” lands early, then the rest of the line narrows the scope until it feels manageable. Not your whole personality, not your entire future - just today.

The subtext is both empowering and risky. Empowering because it offers a portable form of control when circumstances aren’t negotiable; it’s a way to protect dignity amid disappointment, illness, grief, or humiliation. Risky because “choice” can smuggle in a quiet verdict: if you’re still drowning, maybe you didn’t choose correctly. That tension is the quote’s cultural power. It’s comfort with an edge - a gentle sermon that doubles as a self-administered test of character, renewed every morning.