Commandments Quotes

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Especially among Christians in positions of wealth and power, the idea of reading the Gospels and keeping Jesus' commandments as stated therein has been replaced… — Wendell Berry
It is not that we keep His commandments first and that then He loves but that He loves us and then we keep His commandments.… — Saint Augustine
In the things that really matter--our covenants, the commandments, and following the prophet--we need to be completely united. In the non-essentials, we have our agency… — Sheri L. Dew
If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We believe that worship is far more than prayer and preaching and gospel performance. The supreme act of worship is to keep the commandments, to… — Joseph Fielding Smith
Thou shalt not steal. I seem to recall that being one of Godâ€™s Iâ€™d rather you didnâ€™t lest I have to smite you into ash… — Libba Bray
If ye love me, keep my commandments." This is the essence of what it means to be a true disciple: those who receive Christ Jesus… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Anyone who knows he is loved is in turn prompted to love. It is the Lord himself, who loved us first, who asks us to… — Pope Benedict XVI
One of the great fallacies of our time is that the Nazis rose to power because they imposed order on chaos. Precisely the opposite is… — John Fowles
What is the ideal for mental health, then? A lived, compelling illusion that does not lie about life, death, and reality; one honest enough to… — Ernest Becker
Mothers have a sacred role. They are partners with God, as well as with their own husbands, first in giving birth to the Lord's spirit… — Spencer W. Kimball
Once, I had to drive Oliver to soccer, was ten minutes late, and learned that there had apparently been a misprint in the Bible on… — Deb Caletti
All of the Ten Commandments that are good were old; all that were new art foolish. If Jehovah had been civilized he would have left… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The only thing I know about Moses is him coming down from the mountain with the commandments and saying 'The good news is I got… — Steve Kluger
For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, the demand that… — Kurt Vonnegut
So many things beat upon us in a lifetime that simply enduring may seem almost beyond usâ€¦ But the test a loving God has set… — Henry B. Eyring
Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. This is good news, because it means very simply that the command… — John Piper
There were rules among friends, commandments, really, and the most important one was Thou Shalt Not Lust After Thy Friend's Sister. — Julia Quinn
On that very night, the night of the greatest suffering that has ever taken place in the world or that ever will take place, the… — Jeffrey R. Holland
Patience means accepting that which cannot be changed and facing it with courage, grace, and faith. It means being â€œwilling to submit to all things… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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