Commands Quotes

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When a faith-healer commands God to perform a miracle, in the absence of a prayer that says, 'Thy will be done,' it is, as far… — C. Everett Koop
Regarding mutual tolerance: It is negative in one sense, but positive in another. It absolutely forbids us to be forward in pronouncing on the meaninglessness… — William James
Paul commands: 'Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the Traditions which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.' From this it… — Saint John Chrysostom
Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity, and feeling of… — Marcus Aurelius
If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . . If a republican… — Noah Webster
Reason and Knowledge have always played a secondary, subordinate, auxiliary role in the life of peoples, and this will always be the case. A people… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The power of a text is different when it is read from when it is copied out. Only the copied text thus commands the soul… — Walter Benjamin
He who controls the past commands the future, He who commands the future, conquers the past. — Kane
What moved me to do what I did was purely my faith. I was motivated by the law that commands me to cut off the… — Mohammed Bouyeri
And that is that they went about systematically understanding how to disrupt and change a person's entire processes. And these Taliban - I'm not trying… — Pete Sessions
The Christian is free from all other human beings. He does not have to live over against others, controlled by their actions and responses. Rather,… — Jay E. Adams
Th' newspaper does ivrything f'r us. It runs th' polis foorce an' th' banks, commands th' milishy, controls th' ligislachure, baptizes th' young, marries th'… — Finley Peter Dunne
Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion, except in conditions… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Law is vulnerable to the winds of intellectual or moral fashion, which it then validates as the commands of our most basic concept — Robert Bork
The commands of God are all designed to make us more happy than we can possibly be without them. — Thomas F. Wilson
Slavery is not penal in character and planned by that law which commands the preservation of the natural order and forbids disturbance. — Saint Augustine
For the religious, passivism [i.e., objects are obedient to the laws of nature] provides a clear role of God as the author of the laws… — Brian Ellis
Those who formally rule take their signals and commands not from the electorate as a body, but from a small group of men. This group… — Arthur Miller
Perhaps the greatest reason for missionary work is to give the world it's chance to hear and accept the gospel. The scriptures are replete with… — Spencer W. Kimball
Fools follow rules when the set commands you. — Zack de la Rocha

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