Welcome to our collection of Sabbath Quotes, where we delve into the timeless wisdom, reflections, and insights surrounding the sacred day of rest. Across cultures and religions, the Sabbath holds a special place, embodying a period of rejuvenation, reflection, and spiritual connection. Whether observed on a Saturday, Sunday, or any other designated day, the Sabbath serves as a sanctuary from the bustle of daily life, offering moments of peace, introspection, and gratitude.
Within these pages, you’ll encounter words of wisdom from various sources spiritual leaders, philosophers, writers, and thinkers who have contemplated the significance of the Sabbath in our lives. From profound reflections on the importance of rest and renewal to musings on the spiritual dimensions of this holy day, these quotes offer inspiration and guidance for anyone seeking to embrace the Sabbath’s profound teachings. As you explore these quotes, may you find solace, inspiration, and a deeper understanding of the timeless truths encapsulated in this sacred tradition. Without further ado, let the wisdom of the Sabbath Quotes guide you on your journey of reflection and rejuvenation.
Proper Sabbath is Sabbath with Bill Ward. I’m sorry, it just is. Joey Jordison
When I think about Oz, when he was a teenager, I’m just reminded of what an excellent blues voice he had. He had a large voice. When we did the Aynsley Dunbar song ‘Warning’ and ‘Black Sabbath,’ his voice is so right. It’s really round, and it has that pain from within in his voice. Bill Ward
I try to keep a Sabbath perspective. Eric Weddle
You know, it’s ironic to me that Christians want to keep the Ten Commandments in our schools, because Christianity has abrogated four of the Ten Commandments. For example, the Sabbath day according to the Ten Commandments is Saturday, not Sunday. And the reason is because God rested, not because Jesus was resurrected. Alan Dershowitz
The only advice I can give is to absorb as much as you can from as wide a spectrum as you can. If you’re in a rock band and only soak up Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple kind of beginnings, then you’re not going to have much leeway. Ian Gillan
Keeping the Sabbath day holy is much more than just physical rest. It involves spiritual renewal and worship. James E. Faust
I believe the Sabbath; I keep the Sabbath. John Harvey Kellogg
‘American Horror’ goes for a very specific kind of Seventies suburban downer ambience – ‘Flowers in the Attic’ paperbacks, Black Sabbath album covers and late-night flicks like ‘Let’s Scare Jessica to Death.’ It even has ‘Go Ask Alice’-era urban legends. Rob Sheffield
I was in a party band in the early ’80s, and we played Sabbath and Ozzy songs as well as Rush and Van Halen… all that kinds of stuff. Robert Trujillo
Black Sabbath questioned a lot of things. Bill Ward
I try to take a weekly digital Sabbath, batch my emails so I deal with them a few times a day rather than constantly, and increasingly give myself permission to ignore unsolicited communiques. I try, too, to give others more slack. The respond-now culture is a two-way street. I’m trying to be more mindful of that. Noreena Hertz
You can’t play a backbeat in Black Sabbath. You can if you want to; it’s going to ruin the song. Bill Ward
I’ve often said that with Black Sabbath you ought to have put a lasso around the sound and pulled it in. That’s the best way to record Black Sabbath. Bill Ward
I never planned to join Black Sabbath – it just happened. It was back in 1979 when they were celebrating their 10th anniversary. Ronnie James Dio
People that love this form of music have loved it from way back – Sabbath, Zeppelin, the early days. Dimebag Darrell
I really like proto-metal, so stuff like Pentagram is really great, and that’s more in the vein of Sabbath and stuff like that. Ty Segall
It’s inspiring to see Black Flag looking like Vietnamese farmers with big beards and those kind of Vietnamese farming hats showing up at a Mohawk-mania club in England and being spat at because they don’t sound or look like Exploited; they sound more like Black Sabbath than Black Flag. I love that. Cedric Bixler-Zavala
I was Jewish, through and through, although in our house that didn’t mean a whole lot. We never went to synagogue. I never had a Bar Mitzvah. We didn’t keep kosher or observe the Sabbath. In fact, I’m not so sure I would have known what the Sabbath looked like if it passed me on the street, so how could I observe it? Gilbert Gottfried
Who’s the new Ramones, who’s the new Guns ‘N Roses, who’s the new Motley Crue, who’s the new Black Sabbath? They’re coming, they’re on the street, they’re 16, 17 years old. Nikki Sixx
For our many Sabbath fans, I love you all dearly. You are extremely special people. Bill Ward
Let the Latter-day Saints be in their homes, teaching their families, reading the scriptures, doing things that are wholesome and beautiful and communing with the Lord on the Sabbath day. Gordon B. Hinckley
What makes something pop? It’s really just the bed it’s placed in. If I grab melodies by Black Sabbath or Metallica and take them out of their musical bed and put them into a pop context, it’s not like they wouldn’t translate. David Draiman
I was brought up on Black Sabbath, David Bowie, 50 Cent, and Guru. And it all comes out in my own music somewhere. Yung Lean
Toward the later days of Sabbath, instead of going in and knocking out what songs we did in rehearsal, we would polish them to death. Geezer Butler
Metallica is going to be one of those bands you look back on in the year 2008, that people will still listen to the way I still listen to Zeppelin and Sabbath albums. Jason Newsted
There’s only one Sabbath guitarist and he is the architect for everything, Tony Iommi. Zakk Wylde
I’m playing jazz throughout the song ‘Black Sabbath.’ That’s what it is there. I mean, I’m moving some other things around, but that is forever in there. Bill Ward
For me, I’ve never talked about my private life. It’s always been about Black Sabbath. It’s strange to open up and talk about me as a young lad, my relationships, marriages and what not. Tony Iommi
Where I lived, on Long Island, you had the radio stations that always played Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and AC/DC and all that. I grew up on all that stuff. John Petrucci
So when I got to be about 13 or 14, I started listening – even though my parents music was way cool – to contemporary hard rock at that time, which was Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Ted Nugent and all that, and that’s just where I came from. Slash
‘Planet Caravan’ by Black Sabbath is such a delicate song from such a surprising place. Doug Aitken
We’re trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath. Ville Valo
I think it would be fun to play a young Ozzy Osbourne in a movie about the formation of Black Sabbath. Elden Henson
I love Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath and Guns N’ Roses and AC/DC. Paul Dano
Were it not for Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey would be remembered, if at all, as a Bible-thumping midwestern Methodist windbag who neither played baseball on Sundays when he was a mediocre catcher for the St. Louis Browns and the New York Highlanders, nor attended games on the Sabbath as a baseball executive. John Gregory Dunne
Although it was in primitive times and differently called the Lord’s day or Sunday, yet it was never denominated the Sabbath; a name constantly appropriate to Saturday, or the Seventh day both by sacred and ecclesiastical writers. Charles Buck
When we did ‘Air Dance,’ I thought we were actually quite courageous doing that because it’s not necessarily quote-unquote a Black Sabbath song. But I don’t give a damn about that because it is part of Black Sabbath; it is a Black Sabbath song. Bill Ward
On the Sabbath, I’m supposed to focus on Jesus and the resurrection. But if I don’t practice, I let the team down. I don’t want my teammates to think that I think I’m special. Jabari Parker
If you keep the Sabbath, you start to see creation not as somewhere to get away from your ordinary life, but a place to frame an attentiveness to your life. Eugene H. Peterson
The Sabbath provides a wonderful opportunity to strengthen family ties. Russell M. Nelson
Flying Colors is more alternative pop with a prog edge. Think the Beatles meets U2 meets Muse and Foo Fighters. It is the opposite of Adrenaline Mob, which has more classic metal influences like Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Pantera, or Disturbed. They are completely different ends of spectrum. Mike Portnoy
If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun. Lars Ulrich
No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We don’t sell any records anymore. Thurston Moore
I’m jamming ‘Black Sabbath Vol. 4’ all the time. Zappa’s ‘Cruising With Ruben & The Jets.’ A lot of Gong lately. Some Hawkwind. The Residents’ ‘Duck Stab’ is amazing. Some Fugs. Lots of stuff, man. I’m pretty schizophrenic with records. Ty Segall
I took a private lesson, but it didn’t really work out, so I went back to playing along with records. That’s really the thing that got me into playing a lot – getting excited about playing along with my favorite bands like Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Chad Smith
I started to get turned on to a bunch of different bands when I was in middle school/high school. I was turned onto The Who and Black Sabbath and Yes, and stuff like that. But Rush I obsessed over. I wanted to have every album. I wanted to know storylines, read all the lyrics, learn the songs and everything. John Petrucci
In between 15 and 20 – probably at around 17 – my interests switched from hard rock to punk rock. And then by 20 they were circling out of punk rock back into Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, the stuff that I didn’t get to when I was younger. Rick Rubin
If you don’t take a Sabbath, something is wrong. You’re doing too much, you’re being too much in charge. You’ve got to quit, one day a week, and just watch what God is doing when you’re not doing anything. Eugene H. Peterson
If you’re an American kid, you can’t help but be influenced by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and the Rolling Stones because they’re always on the radio. Chris Cornell
Who doesn’t like to play Black Sabbath tunes! Dimebag Darrell
I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of blues. Deep Purple also started out as a blues band. Greg Ginn
We all grew up with Black Sabbath. I mean, there’s no secret there. Any of us, any of the members of any band I’ve ever been in, or anyone I’ve ever worked with. Robert Trujillo
I’m not angry; I write about angry characters. When I’m doing that, I’m happy. Just like when I’m writing about Mickey Sabbath being lustful, I’m not feeling lustful; I’m happy. Philip Roth
Ever since Adam’s day, the divine law of the Sabbath has been emphasized repeatedly over the centuries more than any other commandment. This long emphasis alone is an indication of its importance. James E. Faust
Once I started to make the transition to guitar – because I was playing keyboards when we started the band – I was trying to figure out riffs I could play without really having a lot of knowledge. And my dad ended up showing me Black Sabbath’s ‘Heaven and Hell,’ because he knew I loved Dio. Lzzy Hale
Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We recite a special blessing on seeing the Queen. Jonathan Sacks
We never considered ourselves to be a good band or anything, we just thought we were playing for fun and we wanted to play music that sounded like Black Sabbath or Soundgarden or the music we were into at that time. Daniel Johns
Oh, I’m going to raise him on Black Sabbath and Metallica and football and MMA and all things that should matter for a young boy, and discipline and strength and honor and courage and everything that I would hope to instill within my son. David Draiman
We’re never gonna see bands like Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath again. It’s over. Till Lindemann
I don’t work Sunday any more… The Sabbath is a very reasonable idea. Otherwise, you work yourself to death. Alan Furst
It’s no coincidence that the word ‘holiday’ suggests a holy day, or that the longest book in the Torah concerns the Sabbath. If you wish to advance in any sphere, the best way is to take a retreat. Pico Iyer
I never picked a bass up before Sabbath started. Geezer Butler
Without the jazz influence, the Black Sabbath drumming would be very different. Bill Ward
To me, Sabbath was always JUSt a really heavy blues band. That s all we were. We just took those blues roots and made them heavier. Geezer Butler
I was mostly surprised by the rap artists, actually, that were influenced by Sabbath. That was a surprise. But it’s very nice and I’m very honored. It’s nice to know after 27 years now that what I said in the first place has stuck, and that was the belief in it. Tony Iommi
I remind everybody that the Sabbath was the Jewish gift to civilization. Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
I never try and sound like Sabbath. Geezer Butler
I was really into Black Sabbath, but heavy guitars can really be very limiting, it’s a great frequency and it’s great fun to listen to but on the other hand, musically you can do a lot more without it. Kip Winger
I get to play what I’m feeling on my solo records, and I get to bang the hell out of a drum kit in Black Sabbath. Bill Ward
My first novel, ‘Compromising Positions,’ was a whodunit. The protagonist was a Long Island Jewish housewife who turns private investigator. But she was Jewish the way I was: lighting Sabbath candles but envying her Protestant and Catholic friends’ December decorating options. Susan Isaacs
I grew up with my dad’s music, so my introduction to rock was Alice Cooper and Cinderella and Dio and Black Sabbath, so I was listening to a lot of dude bands – Guns N’ Roses and Metallica, all that stuff. Lzzy Hale
As far as I’m concerned, the book’s never closed with Sabbath! Bill Ward
With Rock Band, you can play along to Black Sabbath or Nirvana and possibly find new ways of appreciating their artistry by being allowed to perform parallel to it. Rock Band puts you inside the guts of a song. Carrie Brownstein
I’m so loyal to Black Sabbath, and I would never, ever, ever, under any circumstances, go into a situation with them under false pretenses. Bill Ward
I love Black Sabbath’s music. Bill Ward
The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart. Anita Diament
I was so frustrated in Sabbath after the last few albums. I just didn’t like the musical direction Sabbath was going in. Geezer Butler
Black Sabbath has always been noncompliant. Bill Ward
Philip Roth has made a cottage industry of unlikable characters, but compared with Mickey Sabbath, the furious and profane protagonist of ‘Sabbath’s Theater,’ Roth’s earlier creations seem like Winnie the Pooh. Ben Dolnick
I first found delight in the Sabbath many years ago when, as a busy surgeon, I knew that the Sabbath became a day for personal healing. By the end of each week, my hands were sore from repeatedly scrubbing them with soap, water, and a bristle brush. I also needed a breather from the burden of a demanding profession. Russell M. Nelson
The people who misuse the Sabbath lose the blessings of spiritual food and growth promised to those who keep this commandment. Joseph B. Wirthlin
I listen to a lot of Pink Floyd, the Doors, Elton John, Sabbath, Metallica, GN’R, Megadeth – just classic rock, classic metal stuff. M. Shadows
The guitar is such an incredible instrument; it plays classical, flamenco, jazz, country, bluegrass, rock, acid, blues. You’ll never see a clarinet playing Black Sabbath. But you will see a guitar in a clarinet band playing rhythm. It is the most popular instrument in the world; it is the one everybody loves. Randy Bachman
Sabbath – a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh. Ambrose Bierce
When I had to make a decision whether or not an activity was appropriate for the Sabbath, I simply asked myself, ‘What sign do I want to give to God?’ That question made my choices about the Sabbath day crystal clear. Russell M. Nelson
Sometimes it helps to take a couple days off, as weird as that sounds. Every once in a while, I could just shoot so many shots. You can get so, like, intense with it all. It’s like in life, right? We’re all created for a sabbath day or for a day of rest. You sometimes need that in shooting, too. Kyle Korver
I think the greatest records we’ve ever heard, from Zeppelin to Purple to Sabbath to The Who, were all recorded in the studio live. Glenn Hughes
I think people will always love a heavy Sabbath riff because it’s fundamental to rock. Stone Gossard
You listen to Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio in it, and it’s not Black Sabbath. They should have just called it ‘Heaven and Hell’ right from the beginning. Because you listen to that ‘Heaven and Hell’ album, that doesn’t sound anything close to Black Sabbath. Zakk Wylde
What is worthy or unworthy on the Sabbath day will have to be judged by each of us by trying to be honest with the Lord. On the Sabbath day, we should do what we have to do and what we ought to do in an attitude of worshipfulness and then limit our other activities. James E. Faust
I got into Dio when I was still quite young. I remember seeing the video for ‘Rainbow In The Dark’ on MTV. That was my first taste of Dio. It wasn’t until years later that I realized he had this whole career with Rainbow and Black Sabbath and even going back to Elf. When I saw that video, it instantly became one of my favorite songs. Corey Taylor
Then as I got older, I always gravitated towards the hard stuff, Born To Be Wild, then Black Sabbath. Jello Biafra
I’m not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won’t tell me. Yair Lapid
You must not lean on a tree on Sabbath, if the tree might be dependent on you for support. Ovadia Yosef
I’m Reconstructionist; I don’t serve the Sabbath, but I go to synagogue. Jessica Hecht
If there’s some longevity with Black Sabbath, then I’d like to be a part of it. Bill Ward
Our dad was a singer and keyboardist and was in bands throughout his whole life. He was in a band called Sweathog that opened for Black Sabbath and eventually was the lead singer of Tower of Power for a few years. Taylor Goldsmith
Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion. Eddie Trunk
I was mostly influenced by bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest – Metallica’s ‘Kill ‘Em All’ was also a hell of an inspiration. Dimebag Darrell
Like most things that happen with Sabbath, it happened all of a sudden. I was intending on doing some recording, but out of the blue, Sharon called up and said she wanted us to do these gigs with Ozzy. I said that if everybody else was up to it then I would love to do it. Tony Iommi