Commands Us Quotes

17 quotes by 16 authors

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. — Edmund Burke
Though we are commanded to 'wash ourselves', to 'cleanse ourselves from sins', to 'purge ourselves from all our iniquities', yet to imagine that we can… — John Owen
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
The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct. — Paul Ricoeur
The law commands us to do what we would do naturally if we only had love. The Way consists of finding that love, which then… — Arnaud Desjardins
It is the easiest thing in the world to obey God when He commands us to do what we like, and to trust Him when… — Theodore L. Cuyler
Jesus commands us to go - but we go the other way. — Keith Green
The Lord commands us to do good unto all men without exception, though the majority are very undeserving when judged according to their own merits...… — John Calvin
Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we… — Kirk Douglas
God commands us to be filled with the Spirit, and if we are not filled, it is because we are living beneath our privileges — Dwight L. Moody
God never demands anything that He does not provide for. Whatever God commands us to do, He equips us to do. — Myles Munroe
When like the patriarchs we learn to dig wells of virtue and spiritual knowledge within ourselves by means of ascetic practice and contemplation, we will… — Maximus the Confessor
Since 'the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force' (Mt. 11:12), and it is impossible for the faithful to enter… — Symeon the New Theologian
Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools. — Blaise Pascal
Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God commands us to… — Gary North
You can't trust all people with you but love all people more than yourself..The Lords commands us.. — Mariane Corbito
Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master. When we disobey the latter we are punished, when we disobey the former we are fools. — Blaise Pascal

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