Precept Quotes

84 quotes by 74 authors

I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to condone any act of killing in the world, in my thinking,… — Nhat Hanh
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept. — Quintilian
In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have ever practiced, and… — Samuel Adams
Wherever any precept of traditional morality is simply challenged to produce its credentials, as though the burden of proof lay on it, we have taken… — C.S. Lewis
As the war was just in its origin and necessary and noble in its objects, we can reflect with a proud satisfaction that in carrying… — James Madison
Hate the sin and not the sinner' is a precept which, though easy enough to understand, is rarely practiced, and that is why the poison… — Mahatma Gandhi
The lessons of religious toleration - a toleration which recognizes complete liberty of human thought, liberty of conscience - is one which, by precept and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
All the men of the Old Testament were polygamists, and Christ and Paul, the central figures of the New Testament, were celibates, and condemned marriage… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Revelation need not all come at once. It may be incremental. 'Saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon… — Russell M. Nelson
Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering. These, joined with fasting and scripture… — Boyd K. Packer
For many of us, conversion is an ongoing process and not a onetime event that results from a powerful or dramatic experience. Line upon line… — David A. Bednar
Know your numbers' is a fundamental precept of business. — Bill Gates
The wood-carver can fashion whatever he will. Yet his products are but toys of the moment, to be glanced at in jest, not fashioned according… — Murasaki Shikibu
What could ever be a sufficient reason for excusing in any way the direct murder of the innocent? This is precisely what we are dealing… — Pope Pius XI
Prayer is never an acceptable substitute for obedience. The sovereign Lord accepts no offering from His creatures that is not accompanied by obedience. To pray… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Example is the best precept. — Aesop
Example is always more efficacious than precept. — Samuel Johnson
Music is a plane of wisdom, because music is a universal language, it is a language of honor, it is a noble precept, a gift… — Sun Ra
Jesus of Nazareth could have chosen simply to express Himself in moral precepts; but like a great poet He chose the form of the parable,… — Dudley Nichols
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us… — Seneca the Younger

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