Best Admonition Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Some contemporary theology has been enamored with the heady idea of an imagined freedom that functions without any law or norm or rule of obligation. The technical name for this idea is antinomianism. This yen for freedoms other than Christ's freedom has compounded the problems in pastoral theology. Pastoral practice has at times been exceedingly ready to be guided by this antinomian tendency in theology that implies: if God loves you no matter what, then your own moral responses to God's absolute acceptance make little or no difference; God is going to love you anyway, so assert your individual interest, express yourself, do as you please, and above all do not repress any impulses. It is on the basis of this normless, egocentric relativism that much well-intended liberal pastoral practice has accommodated to naturalism, narcissism, and individualism. It has therefore steered consistently away from any notion of admonition, hoping to avoid 'guilt trips.' But ironically, guilt is more likely to be INCREASED by the lack of timely, caring admonition. For if there is no compassionate admonition, we tend to hide our guilt in ways that make it worse.”

Sin Christianity Ministry Admonition Pastoral Care Antinomianism

Book:Pastoral Theology: Essentials of Ministry

Source: Pastoral Theology: Essentials of Ministry

“To admonish is better than to reproach for admonition is mild and friendly, but reproach is harsh and insulting; and admonition corrects those who are doing wrong, but reproach only convicts them.”

Reproach Admonition Correction

Book:Enchiridion and Selections from the Discourses

Source: Enchiridion and Selections from the Discourses

“A man possessed of splendid talents, which he often abused, and of a sound judgment, the admonitions of which he often neglected; a man who succeeded only in an inferior department of his art, but who in that department succeeded pre-eminently.”

Men Art Sound Talent Judgment Abuse Department Possessed Inferiors Splendid Neglected Admonition Sound Judgment

Author:Thomas B. Macaulay

“Abbott's Admonitions: (1) If you have to ask, you're not entitled to know. (2) If you don't like the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question.”

Ifs Knows Asks Answers Entitled Admonition

Book:The Official Rules: 5,427 Laws, Principles, and Axioms to Help You Cope with Crises, Deadlines, Bad Luck, Rude Behavior, Red Tape, and Attacks by Inanimate Objects

Source: The Official Rules: 5,427 Laws, Principles, and Axioms to Help You Cope with Crises, Deadlines, Bad Luck, Rude Behavior, Red Tape, and Attacks by Inanimate Objects

“The follies, vices, and consequent miseries of multitudes, displayed in a newspaper, are so many admonitions and warnings, so many beacons, continually burning, to turn others from the rocks on which they have been shipwrecked.”

Has Beens Turns Rocks Misery Vices Newspapers Burning Folly Warning Multitudes Beacons Admonition

Author:Thomas Hartwell Horne

“It is a fact that unless children are brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, they, and the society which they constitute or control, will go to destruction. Consequently, when a state resolves that religious instruction shall be banished from the schools and other literary institutions, it virtually resolves on self-destruction.”

Source: Systematic Theology

“Man is even as steel, the essence of which is hidden: through admonition and explanation, good counsel and education, that essence will be brought to light. If, however, he be allowed to remain in his original condition, the corrosion of lusts and appetites will effectively destroy him.”

Ifs Men Light Conditions Essence Originals Lust Explanation Appetite Steel Admonition

Author:Bahá'u'lláh

“Admonition never sinks so deeply on the heart as in the hour of trial; young, amiable as you are, life teems, I doubt not, with various blessings for you--blessings which you will know how to value properly, for early disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.”

Knows Heart Young Values Hours Know How Doubt Blessing Disappointment Various Trials Nurse Amiable Admonition

Book:The Children of the Abbey: A Tale

Source: The Children of the Abbey: A Tale

“What I mean by the Muse is that unimpeded clearness of the intuitive powers, which a perfectly truthful adherence to every admonition of the higher instincts would bring to a finely organized human being. It may appear as prophesy or as poesy...should these faculties have free play, I believe they will open up new, deeper and purer sources of joyous inspiration than have as yet refreshed the earth.”

“It is the condition of our present state to see more than we can attain; the exactest vigilance and caution can never maintain a single day of unmingled innocence.”

Ifs Writing May Ideas States Failing Conditions Example Objects Duty Perfection Faults Innocence Caution Atonement Hinder Endeavour Vigilance Contagion Admonition

Author:Samuel Johnson

“It must descend, as the dew, upon the tender herb, or like melting flakes of snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.”

Mind Fall Deeper Snow Melting Dew Herbs Flakes Admonition

Book:Discourses on several important subjects. To which are added, 8 sermons preached at the lady Moyer's lecture, in the cathedral church of st. Paul, London

Source: Discourses on several important subjects. To which are added, 8 sermons preached at the lady Moyer's lecture, in the cathedral church of st. Paul, London

“The familiar childhood admonition of 'counting to 10' before taking action works because it emphasizes the two key elements of anger management -- time and distraction.”

Two Action Childhood Keys Elements Management Familiar Distraction Counting Taking Action Anger Management Admonition

Author:Bill Vaughan

“I was most incorrigibly devoted to versifying, and all my spouse's wholesome admonitions had no manner of effect on me; in short, I believe this scribbling itch is an incurable disease.”

Believe I Believe Effects Disease Devoted Spouse Admonition Incurable Disease

Book:Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington

Source: Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington

“Nature places a simple constraint on those who leave the flock to go their own way: they get eaten. In society it's a bit more complicated. Nonetheless the admonition stands: avoiding the unknown has considerable survival value. Society, nature, and artmaking tend to produce guarded creatures.”

Way Values Bits Simple Produce Creatures Survival Complicated Avoiding Constraints Flocks Guarded Admonition

Book:Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

Source: Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

“Homosexuality was invented by a straight world dealing with its own bisexuality. But finding this difficult, and preferring not toadmit it, it invented a pariah state, a leper colony for the incorrigible whose very existence, when tolerated openly, was admonition to all. We queers keep everyone straight as whores keep matrons virtuous.”

World States Difficult Existence Findings Virtuous Homosexuality Homophobia Colony Bisexuality Leper Dealing With It Admonition Pariahs Incorrigible

Book:Flying

Source: Flying

“The difference between the Japanese and the American is summed up in their opposite reactions to the proverb (popular in both nations), "A rolling stone gathers no moss." Epidemiologist S. Leonard Syme observes that to the Japanese, moss is exquisite and valued; a stone is enhanced by moss; hence a person who keeps moving and changing never acquires the beauty and benefits of stability. To Americans, the proverb is an admonition to keep rolling, to keep from being covered with clinging attachments.”

Persons Moving Nations Differences Benefits Stones Opposites Reactions Acquire Attachment Covered Stability Rolling Keep Moving Exquisite Clinging Rolling Stones Moss Admonition

Author:Carol Tavris

“Reprehension is a kind of middle thing betwixt admonition and correction: it is sharpe admonition, but a milde correction. It is rather to be used because it may be a meanes to prevent strokes and blowes, especially in ingenuous and good natured children. [Blows are] the last remedy which a parent can use: a remedy which may doe good when nothing else can.”

Kind May Children Doe Use Lasts Used Parent Middle Discipline Blow Remedy Strokes Corrections Good Nature Admonition

Author:William Gouge

“Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.”

Our Lives Ought Affection Sentences Strikes Squares Coal Admonition

Author:Seneca the Younger

“After all, the living book of God's creation lies open for all to see; it points constantly to the divine calling for which we were placed in nature. Nature is a continual admonition to us, for nowhere has God's creation departed so far from its origin and primeval purpose as in the human race.”

Humans Book Lying Purpose Race Creation Divine Calling Environmental Human Race Stewardship Departed God's Creation Primeval Admonition

Author:Eberhard Arnold

“I think the work in front of us is the first work task given our forbearers, which is to care for the garden. Now because it's the first thing commanded, maybe it's the first thing forgotten. But it is the first admonition and it is absolutely unequivocal. It is part of right livelihood.”

Thinking Firsts Care Given Fronts Garden Tasks Environmental Forgotten Stewardship Livelihood Admonition Unequivocal

Author:Wes Jackson

“The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend.”

Mind Real Faithful Real Friends Admonition

Book:Essays

Source: Essays

“Lastly, I would address one general admonition to all: that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge, and that they seek it not either for pleasure of the mind, or for contention, or for superiority to others, or for profit, or fame, or power, or any of these inferior things: but for the benefit and use of life; and that they perfect and govern it in charity.”

Mind Ends Use Perfect Pleasure Knowledge Fame Benefits Charity Profit Addresses Inferiors Superiority Contention Admonition

Book:Selected Philosophical Works

Source: Selected Philosophical Works

“It is an admonition to myself when I am reading other people's books. Writing a book is very difficult to do, even a bad one. I try to remember that when reading someone else's work.”

People Writing Trying Book Remember Reading Difficult Writing A Book Book Writing Admonition

Author:Thomas L. Dumm

“[n regard to Jesus believing himself inspired] This belief carried no more personal imputation than the belief of Socrates that he was under the care and admonition of a guardian demon. And how many of our wisest men still believe in the reality of these inspirations while perfectly sane on all other subjects”

Men Believe Stills Reality Inspiration Care Jesus Belief Subjects Regard Inspired Demon Sane Guardian Wisest Wisest Man Admonition

Author:Thomas Jefferson

“Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon washed down the channel; but friendly admonitions, like a small shower, pierce deep, and bring forth better reformation.”

Storm Violent Friendly Showers Harsh Reformation Pierce Admonition Reproof

Author:Roger Chamberlain

“If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.”

Ifs Admonition

Author:Linji Yixuan

“It could be a sign of pride in your life if a word of reproof or admonition is not able to be received with the same grace, whether it be given by the poorest of saints or the most educated person.”

Ifs Persons Able Given Grace Pride Saint Educated Poorest Admonition Educated Person Reproof

Author:John Bunyan

“The Zen Master warns: 'If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!' This admonition points up that no meaning that comes from outside of ourselves is real. The Buddhahood of each of us has already been obtained. We need only recognize it. Philosophy, religion, patriotism, all are empty idols. The only meaning in our lives is what we each bring to them. Killing the Buddha on the road means destroying the hope that anything outside of ourselves can be out master. No one is any bigger than anyone else. There are no mothers or fathers for grown-ups, only sisters and brothers.”

Source: IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS

“My most frequent admonition to athletes and coaches is: train, do not strain.”

Train Athlete Coaches Strain Admonition

Book:Running with Lydiard

Source: Running with Lydiard

“We live in a complex world. There are many forces calling out, 'Love me.' A sure way to set our guidelines for that which we choose to serve and learn to love is to follow the admonition of Joshua: 'As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

World Way House Force Love Is Lord Calling Complexes Guidelines Admonition

Author:Marvin J. Ashton

“He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.”

Giving Hands Advice Example Good Advice Admonition Bad Advice Wise Counsel

Author:Francis Bacon

“Even if the civil magistrate is so gifted as to prophesy in the church, yet in the sphere of his civil duties he is forbidden to call down fire from heaven, that is, to procure or inflict any corporal punishment upon offenders in religious doctrine or practice, remembering Christ's admonition that He came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them.”

Ifs Men Remember Heaven Christ Church Religious Practice Fire Duty Punishment Doctrine Spheres Gifted Forbidden Offenders Magistrates Admonition Corporal Punishment

Author:Roger Williams

“Whether or not you believe in God, you must believe this: when we as a species abandon our trust in a power greater than us, we abandon our sense of accountability. Faiths… all faiths… are admonitions that there is something we cannot understand, something to which we are accountable. With faith we are accountable to each other, to ourselves, and to a higher truth. Religion is flawed, but only because man is flawed. The church consists of a brotherhood of imperfect, simple souls wanting only to be a voice of compassion in a world spinning out of control.”

“How much more beautiful would be the world and the society in which we live if...every mother regarded her children as the jewels of her life, as gifts from the God of heaven, who is their Eternal Father, and brought them up in true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.”

Ifs World Children Would Be Beautiful Mother Father Heaven Lord Eternal Affection Jewels Admonition True Affection

Author:Gordon B. Hinckley

“We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent and in doing good to all men; indeed we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul - We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.”

Ifs Men Believe May Able Honest All Things Endure Lovely Being Honest Reports Virtuous Doing Good Benevolent Chaste Praiseworthy Admonition

Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.

“There needs to be an order of office, but in every single office that is presented in the Scriptures there is the personal emphasis within that legal concept. In the Church the elder is an office-bearer. But both the preaching elders and the ruling elders are "ministers," and the word "minister" is a personal relationship, it does not speak of dominance. There is to be order in the Church, but the preaching elder or the ruling elder is to be a minister, with a loving personal relationship with those who are before him, even when they are wrong and need admonition.”

Needs Doe God Order Spirituality Speak Church Office Concepts Scripture Ministers Preaching Emphasis Ruling Elders Dominance Personal Relationships Admonition

Book:True Spirituality

Source: True Spirituality

“It is important that when we are engaged in admonition or exhortation or confrontation with a brother who is overcome in sin, we call attention to the truth in an extraordinarily compassionate and tender and loving spirit.”

Important Spirit Sin Attention Compassion Brother Overcoming Engaged Compassionate Confrontation Admonition

Author:R. C. Sproul

“Keep Looking Up was my life's admonition, I can do little else in my present position.”

Littles I Can Death Can Do Position Suicide Admonition

Author:Jack Horkheimer

“He has inhibited discussion by designating admonition as the method of dealing with a heretic- and the first method, too, because he is not a Christian. This is so that he would not seem to require correction again and again and before two or three witnesses as though he were a Christian. He ought to be corrected for the very reason that he is not to be disputed with. In addition, this is said because a controversy over the Scriptures can, clearly, produce no other effect than help to upset either the stomach or the brain.”

“...The God I know is one that promotes peace and freedom. But I get great sustenance from my personal relationship. That doesn't make me think I'm a better person than you are, by the way. Because one of the great admonitions in the Good Book is, don't try to take a speck out of your eye if I've got a log in my own.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Way Trying Persons Book Eye Faith My Own Good Book Better Person Personal Relationships Sustenance Specks Admonition

Author:George W. Bush

“Let no Christian parents fall into the delusion that Sunday School is intended to ease them of their personal duties. The first and most natural condition of things is for Christian parents to train up their own children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”

Firsts Children School Christian Fall Parent Natural Lord Conditions Duty Train Parenting Ease Delusion Sunday Nurture Sunday School Admonition

Book:Select Works

Source: Select Works

“Nature's fortuitous manifestation of her purposeless objectionableness.”

Science Nature Manifestation Admonition Fortuitous

Book:The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“It is a singular capriciousness of the human mind, that after all the admonitions we have had from experience on this head, there should still be found men, who object to the new constitution for deviating from a principle which has been found the bane of the old.”

Men Should Mind Humans Has Beens Stills Found Principles Human Nature Objects Constitution Human Mind Bane Admonition

Book:The Fœderalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favor of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Fœderal Convention, September 17, 1787. Reprinted from the Original Text. With an Historical Introduction and Notes

Source: The Fœderalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favor of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Fœderal Convention, September 17, 1787. Reprinted from the Original Text. With an Historical Introduction and Notes

“That this is possible may not be denied in a world where hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people voluntarily submit to celibacy, obligated and bound by nothing except the injunction of the Church. Should the same renunciation not be possible if this injunction is replaced by the admonition finally to put an end to the constant and continuous original sin of racial poisoning, and to give the Almighty Creator beings such as He Himself created?”