Dominion Quotes

Sublime is the dominion of the mind over the body, that, for a time, can make flesh and nerve impregnable, and string the sinews like steel, so that the weak become so mighty!

We have seen the mere distinction of color made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man.

O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.

When God saves us through Christ, He not only saves us from the penalty of sin, but also from its dominion.

In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.

It [Adam's act] cast off the authority of God, usurped his prerogative, and gave the mind up to the dominion of natural desire

Thrones, dominions, princedoms, virtues, powers-- If these magnific titles yet remain Not merely titular.

Though sin may be in the Christian, yet it hath no more dominion over him; he hath an unfeigned respect to all God's commandments, making conscience even of little sins and little duties.

It's exactly at these moments, when all hope has vanished, that prayer has dominion.

What could be more unjust than hurting an animal or a child? When you've been gifted dominion over something, that responsibility is real.

And on this earth of ours there are but few souls that can withstand the dominion of the soul that has suffered itself to become beautiful.

For everything that God desires to do in the earth, He enters into partnership with those to whom He has already given dominion.

My dominion ends where that of conscience begins.

Affect not to despise beauty: no one is freed from its dominion; But regard it not a pearl of price--it is fleeting as the bow in the clouds.

The dominion which the banking institutions have obtained over the minds of our citizens...must be broken, or it will break us.

Avarice, where it has full dominion, excludes every other passion.

We know that God's being is perfect, His essence infinite, His dominion absolute, His power unlimited, and His glory transcendent.

I am called The richest monarch in the Christian world; The sun in my dominion never sets.

No parts of his Majesty's dominions can be taxed without their consent.

Are we asserting the easy dominion of our civilization over all times and all places, as signs that we casually absorb as a form of loot?

How did an allegedly free people spawn a vast, rampant cuttlefish of dominion with its tentacles in every orifice of the body politic?

To be given dominion over another is a hard thing; to wrest dominion over another is a wrong thing; to give dominion of yourself to another is a wicked thing.

The soul's dominion? Each time we make a choice, we pay With courage to behold the restless day, And count it fair.

I am Zebedee, lord of the woods! Bow down snail, I have dominion!

I was deepening my understanding of what we call the cultural commission, the command to take dominion and bring righteousness to our culture.

Civil war was not a mere strife for territory and dominion, but a contest of civilization against barbarism.

But it is not the rich man only who is under the dominion of things; they too are slaves who, having no money, are unhappy from the lack of it.

In giving us dominion over the animal kingdom God has signified His will that we subdue the beast within ourselves.

Among those who share a throne there can be no loyalty; Dominion's ever impatient consort.

The very beginning of Genesis tells us that God created man in order to give him dominion over fish and fowl and all creatures. Of course, Genesis was written by a man, not a horse.

All Chaos was once yer kingdom; verily, held ye dominion over the entire Pentaverse, but today ye was sore afraid in dark coners, nooks, and sink holes.

more and more I come to loathe any dominion of one over another; any leadership, any imposition of the will.

Stone, steel, dominions pass, Faith too, no wonder; So leave alone the grass That I am under.

WEAKNESSES, n.pl. Certain primal powers of Tyrant Woman wherewith she holds dominion over the male of her species, binding him to the service of her will and paralyzing his rebellious energies.

Travel makes all men countrymen, makes people noblemen and kings, every man tasting of liberty and dominion.

The mind is fast emancipating itself from the dominion of man and of matter. It has let loose fearful forces on the world.

God himself is increasing and progressing in knowledge, power, and dominion, and will do so, worlds without end.

Death hath no dominion.

Woman's power is over the affections. A beautiful dominion is hers; but she risks its forfeiture when she seeks to extend it.

It is in vain that he seeks dominion abroad, who is not kingly at home.

The idea that the Lord had given us a present, that the world is a gift from God... well, the amount of stuff, back then, that the Lord was giving away was limited. We do not have dominion.

Break in the sun till the sun breaks down, And death shall have no dominion.

And so do people pass out of one's life and all you can remember of them is their humanity, a poor fitful thing of no dominion, like your own.

Christ in us must take dominion over the earth.... The next move of God cannot occur until Christ in us takes dominion.

Because Adam, God's deputy on earth, transfered his legal dominion to Satan, God became obligated to recognize Satan's legal standing.

The land was then covered with morasses and forests, which spread to a boundless extent, whenever man has ceased to exercise his dominion over the earth.

Our toil is lessened, and our wealth is increased, by our dominion over the useful animals . . .

God himself is not secure, having given man dominion over his work.

Man's dominion is a call to service, not a license to to exterminate.

As beauteous is the world, and many a joy Floats through its wide dominion. But, alas, When we would seize the winged good, it flies.