Sabbath Quotes

Behold congenial Autumn comes, the Sabbath of the Year.

— John Logan

Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion.

— Eddie Trunk

I believe the Sabbath; I keep the Sabbath.

— John Harvey Kellogg

“Heschel calls the Sabbath a cathedral in time.”

— Judith Shulevitz

“I do not break my Sabbath fast in a whorehouse.”

— David Mitchell

Day of the Lord, as all our days should be!

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The hushed winds their Sabbath keep.

— William C. Bryant

“Sabbath is not dependent upon our readiness to stop.”

— Peter Scazzero

As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.

— Abraham Lincoln

You must not lean on a tree on Sabbath, if the tree might be dependent on you for support.

— Ovadia Yosef

I think it would be fun to play a young Ozzy Osbourne in a movie about the formation of Black Sabbath.

— Elden Henson

“The golden rule for the Sabbath is cease from what is necessary and to embrace what gives life.”

— Ken Shigematsu

A Scot is a man who keeps the Sabbath, and everything else he can lay his hands on.

— Chic Murray

Keeping the Sabbath day holy is much more than just physical rest. It involves spiritual renewal and worship.

— James E. Faust

Without a Sabbath, no worship; without worship, no religion; and without religion, no permanent freedom.

— Charles Forbes Rene de Montalembert

In observing the Sabbath, one is both giving a gift to God and imitating Him.

— Lauren F. Winner

It was shocking to see Nirvana play, because it was like, "Here's this little guy with a monster-guitar sound." And it was…

— Billy Corgan

It's hard to be a hungry young man when you're not hungry anymore. We were very hungry young men when we wrote…

— Bill Ward

“We will never know Sabbath delight unless God delivers us from drowning in the noise and grime of our soiled days.”

— Dan B. Allender

“Unless one learns how to relish the taste of Sabbath … one will be unable to enjoy the taste of eternity in…

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

Sabbath is always some of the best music ever. And the reason is because it grooves. It's funky. It's heavy. It's got…

— Robert Trujillo

“The Sabbath, I said, is not only an idea. It is also something you keep. With other people. You can’t just extract…

— Judith Shulevitz

“9There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works,a j…

— Anonymous

Sabbath observance invites us to stop. It invites us to rest. It asks us to notice that while we rest, the world…

— Wendell Berry

'American Horror' goes for a very specific kind of Seventies suburban downer ambience - 'Flowers in the Attic' paperbacks, Black Sabbath album…

— Rob Sheffield

There's something about the weekend, even for non-religious people, that feels sacred, so a violation of that sanctified time is almost a…

— Katrina Onstad

The purpose of Sabbath is not simply to rejuvenate yourself in order to do more production, nor is it the pursuit of…

— Timothy Keller

“If exodus was God’s redemptive activity to give sabbath to slaves, then sabbath now is human non-activity to remember the exodus redemption.…

— Patrick D. Miller Jr

We cannot always judge man for only one part of his attitude. If we did so, we would be like the Pharisees…

— Richard Wurmbrand

I was mostly surprised by the rap artists, actually, that were influenced by Sabbath. That was a surprise. But it's very nice…

— Tony Iommi

Many believe in life that He came to do away with the law and that He deliberately ignored or broke this commandment.…

— Pastor Cedric Richardson

I first found delight in the Sabbath many years ago when, as a busy surgeon, I knew that the Sabbath became a…

— Russell M. Nelson

How could I resist? Look, I love that record and have nothing but great, great memories of my time with BLACK SABBATH…

— Ian Gillan

“Now, remember, my brethren, those who go skating, buggy riding or on excursions on the Sabbath day—and there is a great deal…

— Brigham Young

“One of the greatest gifts for my life as one who serves God is observing the Sabbath. Celebrating a holy day and…

— Marva J. Dawn

Oh! welcome to the wearied Earth The Sabbath resting comes, Gathering the sons of toil and care Back to their peaceful homes;…

— Sarah Josepha Hale

We don't go to Sabbath meetings to be entertained or even solely to be instructed. We go to worship the Lord. It…

— Spencer W. Kimball

“He who wants to enter the holiness of the day must first lay down the profanity of clattering commerce, of being yoked…

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

“Call the Sabbath a delight: 13 a delight to the soul and a delight to the body. Since there are so many…

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

Now, I know it’s hard, particularly for our young people, to choose to observe the Sabbath day when athletic teams on which…

— H. David Burton