Commandments Quote by H. David Burton

Now, I know it’s hard, particularly for our young people, to choose to observe the Sabbath day when athletic teams on which they so…

— H. David Burton

Keeping the Sabbath day holy is much more than just physical rest. It involves spiritual renewal and worship.

— James E. Faust

“Sabbath is not so much about a day off as it is a “day up”—a day to remember that He is God and we…

— Louie Giglio

The purpose of Sabbath is not simply to rejuvenate yourself in order to do more production, nor is it the pursuit of pleasure. The…

— Timothy Keller

“There are no guarantees that if we keep the Sabbath we will be successful. But honouring the Sabbath (and not overworking the other six…

— Ken Shigematsu

“The Sabbath is a holy day in which to do worthy and holy things. Abstinence from work and recreation is important, but insufficient. The…

— Spencer W. Kimball

The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of…

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

“Sabbath is the time set aside to do nothing so that we can receive everything, to set aside our anxious attempts to make ourselves…

— Eugene H. Peterson

O what a blessing is Sunday, interposed between the waves of worldly business like the divine path of the Israelites through the sea! There…

— William Wilberforce

The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but…

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

Sabbath is the celebration of life beyond and outside productivity.

— Walter Brueggemann

“The purpose of the Sabbath is for spiritual uplift, for a renewal of our covenants, for worship, for prayer. It is for the purpose…

— Ezra Taft Benson