#commands

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear. ↗

— Italo Calvino

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I know My God commands, whose power no power resists. ↗

— Robert Greene

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God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings. ↗

— Martin Buber

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There is also a perfection of degrees, by which a person performs all the commands of God, with the full exertion of all his powers, without the least defect. This is what the law of God requires, but what the saints cannot attain to in this life. ↗

— Charles Buck

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The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion. ↗

— Albrecht Durer

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I would first recommend we appoint a Police Director that commands the respect of the rank and file. ↗

— Vincent Frank

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Memory always obeys the commands of the heart. ↗

— Antoine Rivarol

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We must be both more conservative and more liberal than most students of Christian worship: conservative in holding exclusively to God's commands in Scripture as our rule of worship, and liberal in defending the liberty of those who apply those. ↗

— John Frame

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People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

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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 keep His word; therefore, we must enforce the law on ourselves. ↗

— Gary North

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