Our obedience to God’s commandments comes as a natural outgrowth of our endless love and gratitude for the goodness of God. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
There is nothing perhaps more adverse to nature and reason than to hold in obedience remote countries and foreign nations, in opposition… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“Obedience, unconditional obedience, is the catch-word of tyrants of every description, and to render 'assurance doubly sure,' one kind of despotism supports… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Testimony requires the nurturing by the prayer of faith, the hungering for the word of God in the scriptures, and the obedience… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
Obedience is the psychological mechanism that links individual action to political purpose. It is the dispositional cement that binds men to systems… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold… — William Penn Copy Share Image
“so also by the obedience of one man, righteousness having been introduced, shall cause life to fructify in those persons who in… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
Faith that trusts on Jesus alone for salvation, and not on your respectable life, and the obedience that follows Him, are the… — Theodore L. Cuyler Copy Share Image
We're not called to live by human reason. All that matters is obedience to God's Word and his leading in our lives.… — Brother Yun Copy Share Image
My chief aim was to combat the view that there can be no true morality without supernatural sanctions. So I argued at… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
If obedience is not rendered in the homes, we shall never have a whole city, country, principality, or kingdom well governed. For… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“We are drawn to Jesus because “he learned obedience from what he suffered” (Heb. 5:8). People who are growing up are also… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
The more we see that any action springs not from the motive of obedience, the more evident is it that it is… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be sin to know, Can it be death? And… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“The Mormon teaching of unquestioning obedience to authority, added to the strict military law then in force in the Territory, would, in… — Juanita Brooks Copy Share Image
Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight. It is not willingness to know, but willingness to DO… — Eric Liddell Copy Share Image
Forgiveness costs us nothing. All our costly obedience is the fruit, not the root, of being forgiven. That's why we call it… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“We’ve been trained to believe that mediocre obedience is a genetic fact for most of the population, but it’s interesting to note… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Some of us live a Christian life as if we're always under the stern, watchful eye of our Father and he is… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“You have no right to act on your own! You have taken vows, obedience being one! You answer to us! You have… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
The strength of the claims of formal justice, of obedience to system, clearly depend upon the substantive justice of institutions and the… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
God doesn't want our success; He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience. — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
“When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes a quest, in that movement God endows us with power.” — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
We are taught in an especial manner to pray that God would give his Holy Spirit unto us, that through his aid… — John Owen Copy Share Image
All spiritual acts well-pleasing unto God, as faith, repentance, obedience, are supernatural; flesh and blood revealeth not these things. — John Owen Copy Share Image
You do not fail in obedience through lack of love, but you have lost love because you never attempted obedience. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
When your wife says glass is half empty, don't ever pour philosophy of half empty is half full, just fill her glass… — Adhir Amdavadi Copy Share Image
Obedience to the Lord is not only measured by how much we do for our Savior, but by how we obey Him… — John Wimber Copy Share Image
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the… — C.P. Snow Copy Share Image
“Obedience, to be perfect, must be voluntary; it must be pure and cheerful. But most of all it must be internal. I… — Michael Molinos Copy Share Image
Since the world never faults a man who refuses to yield...it is generally recognized that weak men live in obedience to the… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
Obedience is a choice. It is a choice between our own limited knowledge & power & God's unlimited wisdom & omnipotence. — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The plague of man is the opinion of knowledge. That is why ignorance is so recommended by our religion as a quality… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down. — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority. — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
Everything in all creation responds in obedience to the Creator... until we get to you and me. We have the audacity to… — David Platt Copy Share Image
“I mean that repeated offences, even when they secure forgiveness, drive out love. And from that I came to say that one… — Maria McCann Copy Share Image
“Some still need to be convinced that enacted obedience is essential to salvation. Those who are already persuaded need a more robust… — Matthew W. Bates Copy Share Image
