Quotes & Scriptures

Question 1

Democracy Quote by Churchill

Answer 1

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those others that have been tried.” - Winston Churchill

Question 2

Source of Humanity’s Problems

Answer 2

“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” - Blaise Pascal

Question 3

Greg Boyd Quote about Church and the Cultural Wars

Answer 3

“When the Church wins the culture wars, it inevitably loses.”

“When it conquers the world, it becomes the world. When you put your trust in the sword, you lose the cross”

Question 4

CS Lewis Quote about Faith and Moods

Answer 4

“Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods.”

“Now that I am a Christian I do have moods in which the whole thing looks very improbable: but when I was an atheist I had moods in which Christianity looked terribly probable.”

Question 5

Charles M Blow quote

Answer 5

“One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient.”

Question 6

Blaise Pascal Quote about religious people

Answer 6

“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”

Question 7

Socrates Quote about Contentment

Answer 7

“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”

Question 8

Voltaire quote about questions

Answer 8

“Judge a man by his questions, rather than his answers”

Question 9

Proverb about gentle answer

Answer 9

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger - Proverbs 15:1

Question 10

Tim Keller quote about essence of forgiveness

Answer 10

The essence of forgiveness is absorbing pain instead of giving it.

Question 11

Tim Keller quote about Failure

Answer 11

“Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.” - Tim Keller

Question 12

Psalm about Nations in Chaos - Psalm 46:6

Answer 12

“The nations are in chaos, and their kingdoms crumble! God’s voice thunders, and the earth melts!”

Question 13

JFK quote about failing

Answer 13

“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”

Question 14

Psalm 39:4 - about how fleeting life is

Answer 14

“Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.”

Question 15

Proverb 17:28 - about staying silent

Answer 15

“Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.”

Question 16

Tomlinson - Comfort

Answer 16

“Don’t seek comfort”

Question 17

Stephen Covey quote about schedule

Answer 17

We achieve inner peace when our schedule aligns with our values.

Question 18

Daniel‬ ‭1‬:‭17‬

Answer 18

“To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning.”

Question 19

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Answer 19

“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might..”

Question 20

Colossians 3:23

Answer 20

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters

Question 21

Desmond Tutu - neutrality 

Answer 21

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

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If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

Question 22

Aristotle Quote about Anger

Answer 22

Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.

Question 23

Aristotle Quote about not knowing anything

Answer 23

The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.

Question 24

Aristotle about weak and strong

Answer 24

“The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.”

Question 25

Complex problems

Answer 25

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

H. L. Mencken

Question 26

Psalm 46:1

Answer 26

“God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea”

Question 27

Quote about changing the world

Answer 27

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Leo Tolstoy

Question 28

Plato quote about wealth

Answer 28

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

Question 29

Churchill quote about failure

Answer 29

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Question 30

Philippians 4:4

Answer 30

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!