Command Quotes
1127 quotes by 865 authors
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Did you hear about the recently discovered temple in the Sudan ?" I stared at him. "Yeah. I'm a regular reader of National Geographic." Ol'…
— Michele Bardsley
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The heroes of faith in Hebrews 11 ... obeyed by faith ... obedience is the pathway to holiness ... no one will become holy apart…
— Jerry Bridges
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Your very eyes. How they have always been for me the command to obey, the inviolable and beautiful commandment. No, no, I'm not telling lies.…
— Robert Walser
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Enough," Curran said. An unmistakable command saturated his voice. Jim clicked his mouth shut. I crossed my arms. "I'm sorry, is this the part where…
— Ilona Andrews
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I speak and speak,†Marco says, “but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. The description of the world to which you lend…
— Italo Calvino
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She was without any power, because she was without any desire of command over herself.
— Jane Austen
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In a room sit three great men, a king, a priest, and a rich man with his gold. Between them stands a sellsword, a little…
— George R. R. Martin
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But discipleship never consists in this or that specific action: it is always a decision, either for or against Jesus Christ...Christ speaks to us exactly…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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We communicated with pithy, rather monosyllabic thoughts: viz. Run, Jump, Where? Left, Up, Duck, ect. (This latter was an observation I made on the edge…
— Jonathan Stroud
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He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside, He came to those men who knew Him not.…
— Albert Schweitzer
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Tell Robb that I'm going to command the Night's Watch and keep him safe, so he might as well take up needlework with the girls…
— George R. R. Martin
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God's command to have dominion over every living thing is a call to service, a test of responsibility, a rule of love, a cooperation with…
— Hugh Nibley
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You couldn't be romantic if your life depended on it." "You know what's lucky? Most bad guys don't ask you to be romantic on command,…
— Rachel Caine
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Be strong, live happy and love, but first of all Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command!
— John Milton
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Any faith that does not command the one who holds it is not a real belief; it is a pseudo belief only. And it might…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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The debate raged on for so long, at last Saphira had interrupted with a roar that shook the walls of the command tent. Then she…
— Christopher Paolini
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Another last-minute, good-deed job,†Royce grumbled as he stuffed supplies into his saddlebag. “True,†Hadrian said, slinging his sword belt over his shoulder, “but this…
— Michael J. Sullivan
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Peter must have thought, "Who am I compared to Mr. Faithfulness (John)?" But Jesus clarified the issue. John was responsible for John. Peter was responsible…
— Charles R. Swindoll
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Kill if you will, but command me nothing!
— Stephen King
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Only the man who follows the command of Jesus single-mindedly, and unresistingly lets his yoke rest upon him, finds his burden easy, and under its…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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