Justin Welby famous quotes

03-28-2025

As a civilised society, we have a duty to support those among us who are vulnerable and in need. When times are hard, that duty should be felt more than ever, not disappear or diminish.
-- Justin Welby

#Support #Needs #Vulnerable
Banks need to think through their ethics very carefully, and many have done so. I dont know any bank that dismisses the concept of ethical banking.
-- Justin Welby

#Thinking #Needs #Banking
Human fallibility recognised, Gods sovereignty trusted; these are also the only stable foundations for human beings in society.
-- Justin Welby

#Foundation #Sovereignty #Fallibility
I am not particularly well-behaved.
-- Justin Welby

#Wells
Turning God into some kind of celestial insurance policy is just mental.
-- Justin Welby

#Kind #Celestial #Policy
I dont believe in good human beings, but I believe you can have structures that make it easier to make the right choice or the wrong choice.
-- Justin Welby

#Believe #Choices #Easier
The longer I go on, the more I am aware of the power of finance.
-- Justin Welby

#Goes On #Finance
Put not your trust in new leaders, better systems, new organisations or regulatory reorganisation. They may well be good and necessary, but will to some degree fail.
-- Justin Welby

#Leader #Degrees #May
You see gay relationships that are just stunning in the quality of the relationship.
-- Justin Welby

#Relationship #Gay #Quality
It is a really good question. The other day I was praying over something as I was running, and I ended up saying to God, â€˜Look, this is all very well, but isnâ€™t it about time you did something, if youâ€™re there?â€™ Which is probably not what the archbishop of Canterbury should say.
-- Justin Welby

#Running #Looks #Praying
A lot of people reject the idea of God as Father if theyve had a competitive relationship with their own father.
-- Justin Welby

#Father #Ideas #People
There's something different about looking someone in the eyes and doing something dishonest to doing it over the phone or screen.
-- Justin Welby

#Eye #Phones #Different

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