Quotes About Reverence

what can ail faith, seeing Christ suffereth Himself (with reverence to Him be it spoken) to be commanded by it; and Christ commandeth all things.

Curiosity, however sharp, must wait on dignity.

Pedro de Vargas, who had a respectful fondness for music and poetry but it the least skill in them, was drawn to Ortiz by the law of opposites and sought him out with the reverence of the untalented for the artist.

There are some actors that are so gifted, that move you in such a way that every time you see their names again, you go and pay another ticket because you want to have that experience again.

But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.

Take not God's name in vain; select a time when it will have effect.

There is a time when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw reverence nor obtain protection.

It can be lost, and it will be, if the time ever comes when these documents are regarded not as the supreme expression of our profound belief, but merely as curiosities in glass cases.

How dare you accuse me of your own failings?" Laurana returned. "I love Elistan. I reverence him.

Water drunk more reverently still, from the hands or from the spring itself, diffuses within us the most secret salt of earth and the rain of heaven.

Vuestra Reverencia hace de mí un luterano? -preguntó el filósofo con débil sonrisa. -No, amigo mío, temo que no tengáis bastante fe para ser un hereje.

L'or vierge du respect serait trop mou sans un certain alliage de crainte.

Men in our culture have been spoiled, treated with false reverence instead of respect.

Archaeological evidence now argues for the existence of a twenty-thousand-year period of history when men and women lived as equals, with neither sex dominating the other. The earth flourished. The so-called feminine qualities of compassion, nurturing, and nonviolence were shared by men and women alike and were the most vital elements of social structure. Women were revered as priestesses and healers.

Somos espíritu y, por consiguiente, somos más que el mundo. Cuando recordamos esto, el mundo mismo se inclinará ante nuestro recuerdo.

Our species will either evolve to a more heart-centered consciousness, choosing a greater reverence for planet and people, or we will go extinct due to collective behavior that is maladaptive for our survival.

Faith for her was habit and family loyalty, a reverence for the Bible which was also literary, admiration for her mother and father. And then that thrilling quiet of which she had never felt any need to speak.

At the root of real honor is always the sense of the sacredness of the person who is its object.

I had a dream once that I was preaching to Jesus Himself, saying any foolish thing I could think of, and He was sitting there in His white, white robe looking patient and sad and amazed.

A vast tenderness swept him, and a great reverence. Now she belonged to him and her face was his to shield. In regret and joy he draped her, his personal Torah, which now must be returned to the ark to await their covenant.

Sometimes doubting is not a lack of faith, but an expression of it. Sometimes to doubt is to merely insist that God be taken seriously not frivolously, to insist that our faith is placed in and upheld by something other than seeming conjuring tricks.

Corporate worship is to be intelligible.

Corporate worship is to be orderly.

Neither do I like to see what I call a young people's corner in a church. They often catch habits of inattention and irreverence there, which it takes years to unlearn, if ever they are unlearned at all. What I like to see is a whole family sitting together, old and young, side by side, men, women, and children, serving God according to their households.