Command Quotes

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Monastic vows rest on the false assumption that there is a special calling, a vocation, to which superior Christians are invited to observe the counsels… — Martin Luther
Jesus commands us to go - but we go the other way. — Keith Green
Do not grieve. Misfortune will happen to the wisest and best of men. Death will come, always out of season. It is the command of… — Kent Nerburn
Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim to… — Harold Laski
Through the art of affirmative prayer the limitless resources of the Spirit are at my command. The power of the Infinite is at my disposal. — Ernest Holmes
Everything is from God himself, both commandment and fulfillment. He alone commands; he alone fulfills. — Martin Luther
Every one wants to command, and no one wants to obey; and this is owing to the absence of that wonderful brahmacharya system of yore.… — Swami Vivekananda
To believe that He will preserve us is, indeed, a means of preservation. God will certainly preserve us, and make a way of escape for… — John Owen
The command to judge not is not a requirement to be blind, but rather a plea to be generous. Jesus does not tell us to… — John Stott
A man who cannot command his temper should not think of being a man in business. — Lord Chesterfield
The devil would gladly give a Bible to every man and promote obedience to its commands if in exchange we would surrender to him the… — Paul Washer
To an imagination of any scope the most far reaching form of power is not money, it is the command of ideas — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
I believe that to command is to serve and only gives one the right to serve. — L. Ron Hubbard
I do not think science has to make any apologies. It looks at the world and tells it like it is. And we all live… — Victor J. Stenger
God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry. — John Vianney
It has always seemed somewhat paradoxical to me that we must constantly have the Lord command us to do those things which are for our… — Marion G. Romney
We do hereby command the Leaders of the Hebrew, Catholic and Protestant Churches to sanctify and have us crowned Emperor of the United States and… — Emperor Norton
But I say to you, the Lord says, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who persecute you. Why… — Maximus the Confessor
As the world attracts us with its appearance, and abundance and variety, it is not easy to turn away from it unless in the beauty… — Pope Leo I
The commemoration of Christ's saving Passion is at hand, and the new, great spiritual Passover, which is the reward for dispassion and the prelude of… — Gregory Palamas

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