These are quotes which stood out to me, possibly for use in a sermon someday. Their presence here does not mean I agree with them, it merely shows that I might want to reference them later. The default view is five random selections. Use the tag list on the right to view all quotes relevant to that theme.
By the time the average person finishes college he or she will have taken
over 2,600 tests, quizzes and exams. The 'right answer' approach becomes
deeply ingrained in our thinking. This may be fine for some mathematical
problems, where there is in fact only one right answer. The difficulty is
that most of life isn't that way. Life is ambiguous; there are many right
answers - all depending on what you are looking for. But when we think
that there is only one right answer, we'll stop looking as soon as we find
one.
id: 845 | source: Roger von Oech, "A Whack On the Side Of The Head" | tags: Creativity
A Russian couple was walking down the street in Moscow one night, when the
man felt a drop hit his nose.
“I think it’s raining,” he said to his wife.
“No, that felt more like snow to me,” she replied.
“No, I’m sure it was just rain,” he said.
Well, as these things go, they were about to have a major argument about
whether it was raining or snowing. Just then, they saw a minor communist
party official walking toward them. “Let’s not fight about it,” the man
said, “let’s ask Comrade Rudolph whether it’s officially raining or
snowing.”
As the official approached, the man said, “Tell us, Comrade Rudolph, is it
officially raining or snowing?”
“It’s raining, of course,” he replied, and walked on.
But the woman insisted: “I know that felt like snow!”
The man quietly replied: “Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear!”
A young second lieutenant at Fort Bragg discovered that he had no change when he was about to buy a soft drink from a vending machine. He flagged down a passing private and asked him, "Do you have change for a dollar?" The private said cheerfully, "I think so, let me take a look."
The lieutenant drew himself up stiffly and said, "Soldier, that is no way to address an officer. We'll start all over again. Do you have change for a dollar?" The private came to attention, saluted smartly, and said, "No, sir!"
id: 1685 | source: (James W. Hewitt, Illustrations Unlimited, Wheaton: Tyndale | tags: Authority, Leadership, Money
Satan now is wiser than of yore. And tempts by making rich, not by making poor. --
id: 1986 | source: Samuel Pope | tags: Money, Success, Temptation