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Bible
Quotes & Promises
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Inspirational & Famous Quotes
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Definitions & Meanings |
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Bible Quotes |
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Therefore a man shall leave his
father and his mother and hold
fast to his wife, and they shall
become one flesh.
(Genesis 2:24)
ESV
You shall not fall in with the
many to do evil, nor shall you
bear witness in a lawsuit, siding
with the many, so as to pervert
justice,
(Exodus 23:2)
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I appeal to you therefore,
brothers, by the mercies of God,
to present your bodies as a living
sacrifice, holy and acceptable to
God, which is your spiritual
worship. Do not be conformed to
this world, but be transformed by
the renewal of your mind, that by
testing you may discern what is
the will of God, what is good and
acceptable and perfect.
(Romans 12:1,2)
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Let every person be subject to the
governing authorities. For there
is no authority except from God,
and those that exist have been
instituted by God. Therefore
whoever resists the authorities
resists what God has appointed,
and those who resist will incur
judgment. For rulers are not a
terror to good conduct, but to
bad. Would you have no fear of the
one who is in authority? Then do
what is good, and you will receive
his approval, for he is God's
servant for your good. But if you
do wrong, be afraid, for he does
not bear the sword in vain. For he
is the servant of God, an avenger
who carries out God's wrath on the
wrongdoer. Therefore one must be
in subjection, not only to avoid
God's wrath but also for the sake
of conscience.
(Romans 13:1-5)
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You adulterous people! Do you not
know that friendship with the
world is enmity with God?
Therefore whoever wishes to be a
friend of the world makes himself
an enemy of God.
(James 4:4)
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As obedient children, do not be
conformed to the passions of your
former ignorance,
(1 Peter 1:14)
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Do not love the world or the
things in the world. If anyone
loves the world, the love of the
Father is not in him. For all that
is in the world—the desires of the
flesh and the desires of the eyes
and pride in possessions—is not
from the Father but is from the
world. And the world is passing
away along with its desires, but
whoever does the will of God
abides forever.
(1 John 2:15-17)
ESV
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Inspirational Quotes from Famous People |
We cannot expect that all nations
will adopt like systems, for
conformity is the jailer of
freedom and the enemy of growth.
--John F.
Kennedy – American President
1917-1963
Follow the path of the unsafe,
independent thinker. Expose your
ideas to the dangers of
controversy. Speak your mind and
fear less the label of 'crackpot'
than the stigma of conformity. And
on issues that seem important to
you, stand up and be counted at
any cost.
--Chauncey
Depew – American Politician
1834-1928
Group conformity scares the pants
off me because it's so often a
prelude to cruelty towards anyone
who doesn't want to - or can't -
join the Big Parade.
--Bette
Midler – American Actress Born
1945
If you stand up and be counted,
from time to time you may get
yourself knocked down. But
remember this: A man flattened by
an opponent can get up again. A
man flattened by conformity stays
down for good.
--Thomas
J. Watson – American Scientist
1874-1956
In America, through pressure of
conformity, there is freedom of
choice, but nothing to choose
from.
--Peter
Ustinov – English Actor 1921-2004
The opposite for courage is not
cowardice, it is conformity. Even
a dead fish can go with the flow.
--Jim
Hightower – American Activist Born
1943
The reward for conformity is that
everyone likes you but yourself.
--Rita
Mae Brown – American Writer Born
1944
To be one's self, and unafraid
whether right or wrong, is more
admirable than the easy cowardice
of surrender to conformity.
--Irving
Wallace – American Author
1916-19906 |
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