Lord Quotes - 3
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Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
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Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Bible (Old Testament)— Ezekiel 37:4-6 (KJV)
Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee,O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night.
— Evening Prayer, Third Collect, for Aid against Perils.
Mine eyeshave seen thegloryof the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored. He hath loosed the fatal lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
— 1862 'Battle Hymn of the Republic'.
Beauty is but a flower Which wrinkles will devour; Brightness falls from the air; Queens have died young and fair; Dust hath close' d Helen's eye. I am sick, I must die. Lord, have mercy on us!
thomas nashe— 1592 'A Litany in Time of Plague'.
And when thy Lord took from the Children of Adam, from their loins, their seed, and made them testify touching themselves,'Am I not your Lord?' They said, 'Yes, we testify'lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection,'As for us, we were heedless of this.'
The Koran— Sura 7, l.172.
As Lord Chesterfield said ofthegenerals of his day,'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do'.
— 1810 Letter, 29 Aug, during the PeninsularWar. Collected in Supplementary Despatches (1860).
Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways! Re-clothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives thy service find, In deeper reverence praise
john greenleaf whittier— 1872 'The Brewing of Soma'.
There is deliverance in store only for the man who gives up his selfishness, and whose sole aim is to please the Lord and to do what is right in his sight.
john calvin— Page 29 (Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life)
Finally, two days ago, I succeeded— not on account of my hard efforts, but by the grace of the Lord. Like a sudden flash of lightning, the riddle was solved. I am unable to say what was the conducting thread that connected what I previously knew with what made my success possible.
carl friedrich gauss— Mathematical Circles Squared (1972) by Howard W. Eves
The picture. A great plain, comprising the entire Jerusalem district, where is the supreme Commander-in-Chief of the forces of good, Christ our Lord: another plain near Babylon, where Lucifer is, at the head of the enemy.
ignatius of loyola— Spiritual Exercises, No. 138 (1548)
I expect eternal life, not as a reward of merit, but a pure act of bounty. Detesting myself in every view I can take, I fly to the righteousness and atonement of my great Redeemer for pardon and salvation; this is my only consolation and hope. "Enter not into judgment, O Lord, with Thy servant; for in Thy sight shall no flesh be justified."
elizabeth rowe— Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 231.
At the heart of our universe, each soul exists for God, in our Lord.
pierre teilhard de chardin— The Divinisation of Our Activities, p. 56
"...there came another rush of love through my soul, an' I cried out loud – 'Lord, Lord, I can love even de white folks!'"
sojourner truth— Olive Gilbert & Sojourner Truth (1878), Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Bondswoman of Olden Time, page 159.
Historic figures have homes to visit for posterity; the Lord of history left no home. Luminaries leave libraries and write their memoirs; He left one book, penned by ordinary people. Deliverers speak of winning through might and conquest; He spoke of a place in the heart.
ravi zacharias— Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message. 2000. p. 28-29. ISBN 9780849943270.
Draw Dyrnwyn, only thou of noble worth, to rule with justice, to strike down evil. Who wields it in good cause shall slay even the Lord of Death.
lloyd alexander— The runic inscription upon the scabbard of Dyrnwyn, correctly read by the bard Taliesin, in Chapter 19
And the Lord Rupert looked at his work, and even he saw that it was a load of crap, but this was the enterprise culture and it sold millions so it was good. And on the same basis he decided to take over the television too, and the earth itself wept, and little robins vomited, and cuddly furry animals threw themselves under trains, and the whole thing was filmed by Sky Channel for a horror nature programme, and the most awful thing of all was that this was just the beginning.
attila the stockbroker— "The Bible according to Rupert Murdoch", from . Retrieved 2007-03-26.
Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt.
robert jordan— Mazrim Taim, after the battle of Dumai's Wells
The prophet [ Isaiah ]... points out what will be the cause of this change; for he says that hatred, quarrel, and fighting will come to an end, because men will have a true knowledge of God. "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters which cover the sea" (Isa. xi. ver. 9) Note it.
maimonides— Ch.11 (Part III)
By the Lord before whom this sanctuary is holy, I will to N. be true and faithful, and love all which he loves and shun all which he shuns, according to the laws of God and the order of the world. Nor will I ever with will or action, through word or deed, do anything which is unpleasing to him, on condition that he will hold to me as I shall deserve it, and that he will perform everything as it was in our agreement when I submitted myself to him and chose his will.
— Anglo-Saxon oath of fealty. An oath of fealty is what knights said to their lord as a promise of loyalty. [1]
How loving is the Lord God and how strong withal!
— "Benzaquen", p. 109. (Along the Trail (1898))
Dear Lord, though I be changed to senseless clay, And serve the Potter as he turn his wheel, I thank Thee for the gracious gift of tears!
thomas bailey aldrich— Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Two Moods.
Padmanabha Swamy temple located inside the East Fort, this Vaishnava temple is very famous attracting devotees from all parts. Dedicated to Lord Vishnu sleeping on Anantha, the serpent king, this temple is a rare blend of Dravidian architecture and the Kerala style.
— Biju Mathew, in Pilgrimage to Temple Heritage, 2013. p.65
Oh, the air is sultry and pregnant with lightning . And therefore we call to our deluded brothers: Repent, repent, the Kingdom of the Lord is at hand !
— Mikhail Bakunin, in "The Reaction in Germany" (1842)
Don’t mess with the needle or a spoon Or any trip to the moon It’ll take you away Lord, their gonna bury you boy Don’t mess with the needle Now I know, I know, I know...
— Ronnie Van Zant, "The Needle and the Spoon", as performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Allah's Apostle said, "In Paradise there is a pavilion made of a single hollow pearl sixty miles wide, in each corner of which there are wives who will not see those in the other corners; and the believers will visit and enjoy them. And there are two gardens, the utensils and contents of which are made of silver; and two other gardens, the utensils and contents of which are made of so-and-so (i.e. gold) and nothing will prevent the people staying in the Garden of Eden from seeing their Lord except the curtain of Majesty over His Face."
— Narrated Abdullah bin Qais, in Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 60, Number 402
I used to look down upon those ladies who had given themselves to Allah's Apostle and I used to say, "Can a lady give herself (to a man)?" But when Allah revealed: "You (O Muhammad) can postpone (the turn of) whom you will of them (your wives), and you may receive any of them whom you will; and there is no blame on you if you invite one whose turn you have set aside (temporarily).' (33.51) I said (to the Prophet), "I feel that your Lord hastens in fulfilling your wishes and desires."
— Narrated Aisha, in Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 60, Number 311
Happiness in it's uncut form Is the feeling that I get, you're warm, warm Happy's what I get when we do what we do Happiness, mama, is being with u Good Lord.
prince— Girls & Boys
By the dew drop of Celestine dawn though saw a dream Like a shining star of the Milky Way, I rest on the stream Thy circular flow is constant rhythm of my fight Your ancient stone is timeless flora of thy sight Fortunate to behold the Lord of the world so near You never know when and how you are his dear Divinity all over from sand lowest to peak highest Faith in the tinkling bells never moved slightest As essence of his kingdom’s innermost purity Blessed to worship the brightest in darkest sanctuary.
— A poem on Odissi in "The Glimpse of Indian Classical Dance", p.54
Tulsi acquired the title ‘Gosaim’ (goswami or ‘Lord’), which is normally applied to a sectarian leader , through his militant struggle against the forces of Kali Yug.
— Gautam Candrik quoted in "According to Tradition: Hagiographical Writing in India", p. 81
Skiddaw shews its vast base, and bounding all that part of the vale, rises gently to a height that sinks the neighboring hills; opens a pleasing front, smooth and verdant, smiling over the country like a gentle generous Lord, while the fells of Borrowdale frown on it like a hardened tyrant.
— Thomas Pennant A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides (London: Benjamin White, [1774-6] 1790) p. 46
