Commandments Quotes

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The hunter who accepts the sporting code of ethics keeps his commandments in the greatest solitude, with no witness or audience other than the sharp… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number - just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the… — Ambrose Bierce
The Framers were no more interested in binding future Americans to a set of divinely inspired commandments than any of us would wish to be… — Dahlia Lithwick
To navigate through these mists of darkness we need the iron rod, which represents the word of God (see 1 Nephi 15:23-24). We must study… — Mary N. Cook
As we strive to better understand how Jesus sees us and contemplate our own attempts to live as the Redeemer would have us live, let… — Cecil O. Samuelson
The irony of the Supreme Court hearing on these cases last week and of the outright hostility that the Court has displayed against religion in… — Cliff Stearns
If you desire the spirit of God you must keep the commandments of God. — Heber J. Grant
The knowledge which we seek, the answers for which we yearn, and the strength which we desire today to meet the challenges of a complex… — Thomas S. Monson
Our faith teaches that there is no safer reliance than upon the God of our fathers who has so singularly favored the American people in… — William McKinley
Everyone is sinning, so it's no longer rebellious to sin. You're just a conformist if you're drunk; and naked; driving around in a loud motorcycle;… — Mark Driscoll
I said to this priest: 'Am I expected to believe that if I went out and had an affair that God was really going to… — Diana Dors
. . . This is the high destiny of the sons of God, they who overcome, who are obedient to His commandments, who purify themselves… — Lorenzo Snow
Selfishness is much more than an ordinary problem because it activates all the cardinal sins! It is the detonator in the breaking of the Ten… — Neal A. Maxwell
For what will it profit men that a more prudent distribution and use of riches make it possible for them to gain even the whole… — Pope Pius XI
Of all the commandments, which is the most important?â€ â€œThe most important one,â€ answered Jesus, â€œis this: â€˜Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the… — Beth Moore
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God… — Solomon
God has a church upon the earth, who are His chosen people, who keep His commandments. He is leading, not stray offshoots, not one here… — Ellen G. White
According to science, the universe began as a swirl of gas that, as it cooled, spun off the Ten Commandments. — Robert Breault
I testify to you that our promised blessings are beyond measure. Though the storm clouds may gather, though the rains may pour down upon us,… — Thomas S. Monson
One of the great commandments of science is, 'Mistrust arguments from authority'. (Scientists, being primates, and thus given to dominance hierarchies, of course do not… — Carl Sagan

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