Quotes about Recommendation

There are two ways of recommending true religion and virtue in the world, which God hath made use of: the one is by doctrine and precept; the other by instance and example.

As I approached my 18th birthday and prepared to enter military service in World War II, I was recommended to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood.

I think Christ has recommended rising early in the morning by his rising from the grave very early.

The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.

Finally, on June 22, 1750, the Council, convened to advise on the matter, recommended, by a vote of 10 to 9, the minority protesting, that the pastoral relations should be dissolved. The concurrent sentiment of the church was expressed by the overwhelming vote of about 200 to 20 of the male members. The next Sunday but one Edwards preached his Farewell Sermon.

With the Synod Assembly, therefore, I heartily recommend to the Church's pastors and to the People of God the practice of Eucharistic Adoration, both individually and in community

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

Idleness, we are accustomed to say, is the root of all evil. To prevent this evil, work is recommended.... Idleness as such is by no means a root of evil; on the contrary, it is truly a divine life, if one is not bored....

Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance.

General Peckem even recommends that we send our men into combat in full-dress uniform so they'll make a good impression on the enemy when they're shot down.

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.