Commandment Quotes
155 quotes by 125 authors
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The very emphasis of the commandment: Thou shalt not kill, makes it certain that we are descended from an endlessly long chain of generations of…
— Sigmund Freud
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God’s love sets us free from the need to seek approval. Knowing that we are loved by God, accepted by God, approved by God, and…
— Myles Munroe
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Oh, Brethren, what is the result of pride? Oh, see what humility can do? What was the need for all these sufferings? For, if from…
— Dorotheus of Gaza
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Again, after his fall, God gave him an occasion to repent and to receive mercy but he kept his stiff-neck held high. He came to…
— Dorotheus of Gaza
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Then God came to the woman and said to her, "Why did you not keep the commandment?" as if He wanted to say, "At least…
— Dorotheus of Gaza
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The 11th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore God. The 12th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore Thyself.
— Rob Brezsny
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The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Commandment #1: Believe in yourself. Commandment #2: Get over yourself.
— Kristan Higgins
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We are compelled by the commandment of love contained in our hearts and thought, and proclaimed by Jesus, to give rein to our natural sympathy…
— Albert Schweitzer
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I believe in helping our fellow man in need. I believe that reaching into your own pockets to help someone in need is praiseworthy and…
— Walter E. Williams
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God created you for the first and greatest commandment, to be a lover of God.
— Sam Storms
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The commandment of God is, that we love Our Lord in all our heart, in all our soul, in all our thought.
— Richard Rolle
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I want to be a woman who lives totally abandoned to the first commandment: to love my Lord, my God, with all my heart. I…
— Misty Edwards
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But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticize the government. Once abolish the God, and the…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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No commandment surpasses the one concerning the liberation of hostages, for they are among the starving, the thirsting, the stripped, always in danger of death.
— Elie Wiesel
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Many years ago, our father Ibrahim (AS) made a choice. He loved his son. But He loved God more. The commandment came to sacrifice his…
— Yasmin Mogahed
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The spiritual rest, which God particularly intends in this Commandment, is this: that we not only cease from our labor and trade, but much more,…
— Martin Luther
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Everything is from God himself, both commandment and fulfillment. He alone commands; he alone fulfills.
— Martin Luther
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The Law found more than it lost when Christ said, ‘Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be…
— Tertullian
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When you pray either aloud or to yourself for others ? for instance, for the members of your household or for strangers, even though they…
— John of Kronstadt
Who Wrote These Commandment Quotes
125 authors contributed a total of 155 Commandment Quotes, led by these top contributors: