Many are called but few are chosen

Cultural  

1. One of the sayings of Jesus, suggesting that salvation (see also salvation) is difficult to attain.

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Many are called but few are chosen

Many are called, but few are chosen to what can be a stomach-churning profession.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2014

She had often thought there was something quite too sad, nay, almost cruel, in the text: "Many are called, but few are chosen."

From Tales of Two Countries by Archer, William

"Many are called, but few are chosen," and so matters move along slowly from generation to generation, a few forms serving to carry on the evolutionary urge to their descendants.

From A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga by Atkinson, William Walker

The text was: "Many are called, but few are chosen."

From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Heyse, Paul

Of the two sermons I remember but one, and this from the text "Many are called but few are chosen," and the comments were Calvinism of the most rigid school.

From Half a Century by Swisshelm, Jane Grey Cannon