Quotes & Scriptures Flashcards

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Democracy Quote by Churchill

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

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Source of Humanity’s Problems

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

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Greg Boyd Quote about Church and the Cultural Wars

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“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”

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CS Lewis Quote about Faith and Moods

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“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.”

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Charles M Blow quote

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

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Blaise Pascal Quote about religious people

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

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Socrates Quote about Contentment

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

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Voltaire quote about questions

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

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Proverb about gentle answer

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

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Tim Keller quote about essence of forgiveness

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

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Tim Keller quote about Failure

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“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

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Psalm about Nations in Chaos - Psalm 46:6

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

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JFK quote about failing

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

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Psalm 39:4 - about how fleeting life is

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

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Proverb 17:28 - about staying silent

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

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Tomlinson - Comfort

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“Don’t seek comfort”

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Stephen Covey quote about schedule

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

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Daniel‬ ‭1‬:‭17‬

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

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Ecclesiastes 9:10

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

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Colossians 3:23

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

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Desmond Tutu - neutrality 

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

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.

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Aristotle Quote about Anger

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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.

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Aristotle Quote about not knowing anything

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

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Aristotle about weak and strong

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

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Complex problems

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

H. L. Mencken

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Psalm 46:1

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“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”

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Quote about changing the world

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

Leo Tolstoy

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Plato quote about wealth

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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

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Churchill quote about failure

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

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Philippians 4:4

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