“At the heart of every faith system is a bargain: on one side there is the comfort that comes from a narrative that suggests human life has cosmic significance, and on the other a duty to yield to moral commands that can, in the moment, seem rather inconvenient.” HumansHeartMomentsSeemsSidesMoralDutyComfortCommandNarrativeHuman LifeSignificanceYieldCosmicBargainsInconvenient Author:Gary Hamel
“No system can long command the loyalties of men and women which does not expect of them certain measures of discipline, and particularly self-discipline. The cost in comfort may be great. The sacrifice may be real. But this very demanding reality is the substance of which comes character and strength and nobility. Permissiveness never produced greatness. Integrity, loyalty, and strength are virtues whose sinews are developed through the struggles that go on within as we practice self-discipline under the demands of divinely spoken truth.” MenMayLongDoeRealSelfCharacterRealityCertainPracticeStruggleVirtueSacrificeGreatnessGoes OnDisciplineIntegrityComfortCostDemandMen And WomenLoyaltyCommandSubstanceBeing RealSelf DisciplineNobility Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“At thirty years a woman asks her lover to give her back the esteem she has forfeited for his sake; she lives only for him, her thoughts are full of his future, he must have a great career, she bids him make it glorious; she can obey, entreat, command, humble herself, or rise in pride; times without number she brings comfort when a young girl can only make moan.” LoveGivingYearsYoungGirlAsksWomenNumbersCareersPrideLoversComfortSakeHumbleCommandEsteemMaturityThirtyGloriousThirty Years Author:Honore de Balzac
“If officers desire to have control over their commands, they must remain habitually with them, industriously attend to their instruction and comfort, and in battle lead them well.” IfsWellsDesireComfortBattleCommandOfficersInstructionMarine CorpsMilitary LeadershipCommand And ControlMilitary Training Author:Stonewall Jackson
“We need to pray for our nation like never before, and then put legs to our prayers and preach the gospel to a sin-loving and Hell-bound world. To pray for America and at the same time ignore that command to preach the gospel to every creature, is nothing but empty hypocrisy. It is to honor God with our lips and have cold hearts that are far from Him. May He give us a love that moves us from the pews into the streets, and from our homes into our universities. God save us from the cozy comfort of lukewarm contemporary Christianity.” WorldNeedsGivingHeartMayHomeAmericaMovingNationsPrayerSinChristianityHellStreetsColdPrayingHonorComfortCreaturesEmptyBoundsUniversityLipsLegsContemporaryCommandHypocrisyTrust In GodOur PrayersGospelCommitment To GodServant Of GodGreatness Of GodCozyPraise GodLukewarmCold Heart Author:Ray Comfort
“Naturally we all have an inclination to command, and a great aversion to obey; and yet it is certain that it is more for our good to obey than to command; hence perfect souls have always had a great affection for obedience, and have found all their joy and comfort in it.” SoulJoyCertainFoundPerfectComfortAffectionCommandObedienceInclinationAversion Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“She would allow him to comfort her. And perhaps, someday, she would listen patiently if a dark, dreary night found him well in his cups and he drunkenly confessed to still feeling scores of wounds that weren’t his own, but those of men under his command.” IfsMenWellsStillsFeelingsNightFoundDarkComfortWoundsCommandCupsScoreSomedayDreary Author:Tessa Dare