Commandments Quotes - Page 2

• God has created me to do him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another. I have my mission; I never may know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I have a part in a great work; I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for naught. I shall do good, I shall do His work; I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place, while not intending it, if I do but keep His commandments and serve Him in my calling.

  John Henry Newman

  Work, Angel, Connections

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• True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.

  Teresa of Avila

  Perfect, God Love, Neighbour

  St. Teresa of Avila (1921). “The Interior Castle, or the Mansions”, p.21, Library of Alexandria

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• The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Christian, Grace, Ruins

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.14, SCM Press

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• I know the two great commandments, and I'd better get on with them.

  C. S. Lewis

  Two, Knows

  C.S. Lewis (2012). “A Grief Observed”, p.33, Faber & Faber

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• This book [the Bible] speaks both the voice of God and the voice of humanity, for there is told in it the most convincing of human experience that has ever been written...and those who heed that story will know their strength and happiness and success are all summed up in the exhortation, "Fear God and keep His commandments."

  Woodrow Wilson

  Book, Voice, Humanity

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• There can be no be no better instruction... than that every man who is to deal with his neighbor to follow these commandments. 'Whatsoever ye would that others should do unto you, do ye also unto them,' and 'Love thy neighbor as thyself.' If these were always followed, then everything would instruct and arrange itself; then no law books nor courts nor judicial actions would be required. All things would quietly and simply be set to rights, for everyone's heart and conscience would guide them.

  Martin Luther

  Book, Communication, Heart

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• A Christian receives divine wisdom in three ways: by the commandments, teachings, and faith. The commandments free the mind from passions. Teachings lead it to true knowledge of nature. Faith leads to the contemplation of the Holy Trinity.

  Maximus the Confessor

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• We're under obligation to love - that's the commandment.

  Dorothy Day

  Obligation

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• 'My sheep hear My voice' (Jn. 10:14). This is just another way of saying, 'They obey my words and keep My commandments.' Obeying the commandments the saints draw near to God; the more they draw near to God, the better they know Him.

  Dorotheus of Gaza

  Christian, Sheep, Voice

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• There is but one unconditional commandment ... to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.

  William James

  Helping Others, Volunteer, Unconditional

  William James (1956). “The Will to Believe: And Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, and Human Immortality”, p.209, Courier Corporation

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• On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.

  Edith Stein

  Spiritual, Mean, Love Is

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• What shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? Keep the commandments.

  Lancelot Andrewes

  May, Eternal Life, Eternal

  Lancelot Andrewes (1856). “Devotions”, p.133

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• To be commanded to love God at all, let alone in the wilderness, is like being commanded to be well when we are sick, to sing for joy when we are dying of thirst, to run when our legs are broken. But this is the first and great commandment nonetheless. Even in the wilderness - especially in the wilderness - you shall love him.

  Frederick Buechner

  Faith, Running, Sick

  FaceBook post by Frederick Buechner from Sep 30, 2015

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• Without reservation I promise you that if each of you will observe this simple program, regardless of how many times you previously may have read the Book of Mormon, there will come into your lives and into your homes an added measure of the Spirit of the Lord, a strengthened resolution to walk in obedience to His commandments, and a stronger testimony of the living reality of the Son of God.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Book, Home, Son

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• Let us remember that the Savior is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and there can be no greater promise than to know that if we are faithful and true, we will one day be safely encircled in the arms of His love (see D&C 6:20). He is always there to give encouragement, to forgive, and to rescue. Therefore, as we exercise faith and are diligent in keeping the commandments, we have nothing to fear from the journey.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Encouragement, Exercise, Journey

  M. Russell Ballard (2001). “When Thou Art Converted: Continuing Our Search for Happiness”, Deseret Book Company

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• When we obey the commandments of the Lord and serve His children unselfishly, the natural consequence is power from God—power to do more than we can do by ourselves. Our insights, our talents, our abilities are expanded because we receive strength and power from the Lord. His power is a fundamental component to establishing a home filled with peace.

  Richard G. Scott

  Children, Home, Fundamentals

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• When you consider that God could have commanded anything he wanted--anything!--the Ten [Commandments] have got to rank as one of the great missed moral opportunities of all time. How different history would have been had he clearly and unmistakably forbidden war, tyranny, taking over other people's countries, slavery, exploitation of workers, cruelty to children, wife-beating, stoning, treating women--or anyone--as chattel or inferior beings.

  Katha Pollitt

  God, Country, Children

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• Christians don't steal or lie, they don't get divorced or have abortions. If the Ten Commandments were followed by everyone we would be able to fire half the police force and in six months the prisons would be all half empty.

  John Hagee

  Christian, Lying, Fire

  John Hagee's "The Fish Gate" sermon, September 2, 2007.

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• Just as the commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say 'thou shalt not' to an economy of exclusion and inequality. Such an economy kills. How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two points?

  Pope Francis

  Elderly, Order, Two

  Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.21, BookBaby

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• I request reason for your golden rule and ask the why and wherefore of your ten commandments.

  Anton Szandor LaVey

  Golden, Reason, Request

  "The Satanic Bible". Book by Anton Szandor LaVey, 1969.

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• God reveals to His prophets that there are moral absolutes. Sin will always be sin. Disobedience to the Lord’s commandments will always deprive us of His blessings. The world changes constantly and dramatically, but God, His commandments, and promised blessings do not change. They are immutable and unchanging.

  L. Tom Perry

  Blessing, World, Moral

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• The world changes constantly and dramatically, but God, His commandments, and promised blessings do not change.

  L. Tom Perry

  Blessing, World

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• When I went to first grade and the other children said that their fathers were farmers, I simply didn't believe them. I agreed in order to be polite, but in my heart I knew that those men were impostors, as farmers and as fathers, too. In my youthful estimation, Laurence Cook defined both categories. To really believe that others even existed in either category was to break the First Commandment.

  Jane Smiley

  Children, Father, Believe

  FaceBook post by Jane Smiley from Jun 15, 2014

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• The real goal of the Earth Charter is that it will in fact become like the Ten Commandments.

  Maurice Strong

  Real, Goal, Facts

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• The temptation to be popular may prioritize public opinion above the word of God. Political campaigns and marketing strategies widely employ public opinion polls to shape their plans. Results of those polls are informative. But they could hardly be used as grounds to justify disobedience to God’s commandments!

  Russell M. Nelson

  Political, Temptation, Marketing

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