Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
Every new development for the last three centuries has brought men closer to a state of affairs in which absolutely nothing would… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Is not this steadfastness to mark, to make, the character of your lives? Is it not God's will that we should press… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
“At our wedding, the Dwarves gave me away, and I saw in their eyes that gleam of pride and hurt, and I… — Kathryn Wesley Copy Share Image
We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage and resolution were most important, into that… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Many think that the price of discipleship is too costly and too burdensome. For some, it involves giving up too much. But… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
I do not know What kind of my obedience I should tender. More than my all is nothing; nor my prayers Are… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
In all His acts God orders all things, whether good or evil, for the good of those who know Him and seek… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The acid test of our love for God is obedience to His Word. The greatest ability is dependability. The test of your… — Bob Jones, Sr Copy Share Image
Here was the rub: one must be more zealous to please God than to avoid sin. One must sacrifice oneself utterly to… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
In God's name, Monsieur, let us remain indifferent; let us strive to be equally attached to whatever obedience marks out for us,… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
What [Nietzsche] calls slave morality is to him purely spite-morality; and this spite-morality gave new names to all ideals. Thus impotence, which… — Georg Brandes Copy Share Image
“Obedience through fear is reluctant and resentful. Obedience through gratitude is joyful, instant, and spontaneous. Gratitude is like an overflowing stream, positive,… — Daw Nyein Tha Copy Share Image
Choices will continually be necessary and -- let us not forget -- possible. Obedience to God is always possible. It is a… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
“This light, and this only, has its fruit in an universal holiness of life. No merely notional or speculative understanding of the… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
One mustn't allow acting to be like stoc kbroker - you must not take it just as a means of earning a… — John Gielgud Copy Share Image
“You're wrong Heinrich. While it might seem easy to believe, you and I aren't actually the same. You've been fighting someone else's… — Luther Blissett Copy Share Image
I think that is a better thing than thanksgiving: thanks-living. How is this to be done? By a general cheerfulness of manner,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
When the Lord wants to give us a mission, wants to give us a task, He prepares us. He prepares us to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Universal empire is the prerogative of a writer. His concerns are with all mankind, and though he cannot command their obedience,he can… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
[M]orality is not a ritualistic obedience to a code of behavior imposed by an external authority. It is rather a healthy habit… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Wise guidance never violates people's Free Will. A superior who demands obedience of his subordinates should show respect for their capacity to… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
It is much safer to be subject than it is to command. Many live in obedience more from necessity than from love.… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
It is not what we do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through us. God doesn't want our… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
“Occasionally we believe that there must be an easier way, a shortcut or modification of the Lord’s commandments that will accommodate our… — Bruce A. Carlson Copy Share Image
...the greatest thing each person can do is to give himself to God utterly and unconditionally - weaknesses, fears, and all. For… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Over and over again, people had to disobey lawful authority to follow the voice of their conscience. This obedience to God and… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
Electrical fire and the fire of greed kindle economies. In that flux, nations become digitized commodities on stock-exchange floors and on investors'… — B. W. Powe Copy Share Image
Those who have had the most impact and influence throughout history and certainly the people who've had the most impact and influence… — Brooke Fraser Copy Share Image
the ultimate aim of government is not to rule, or restrain by fear, nor to exact obedience, but to free every man… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
Obedience comes with pain. Often, the first effect of obedience is not blessings, but suffering. Sometimes, what obeying requires of us will… — London Mond Copy Share Image
“Natural selection builds child brains with a tendency to believe whatever their parents and tribal elders tell them. Such trusting obedience is… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
How do you pray a prayer so filled with faith that it can move a mountain? By shifting your focus from the… — Bill Hybels Copy Share Image
What a weak, credulous, incredulous, unbelieving, superstitious, bold, frightened, what a ridiculous world ours is, as far as concerns the mind of… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
Life of the soul is union with God, as life of the body is union with the soul. As the soul was… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
“Love, therefore, may be commanded (Luke 6:27 ff.; Ephesians 5:25) and taught (Titus 2:3-4). Love does not come naturally, it must be… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
Prayer is never an acceptable substitute for obedience. The sovereign Lord accepts no offering from His creatures that is not accompanied by… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
The first problem for all of us, men and woman, is not to learn, but to unlearn. We are filled with the… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
When humans should have become as perfect in voluntary obedience as the inanimate creation is in its lifeless obedience, then they will… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
![“What [Nietzsche] calls slave morality is to him purely spite-morality; and this spite-morality gave new names to all ideals. Thus impotence, which offers no reprisal, became goodness; craven baseness became humility; submission to him who was feared became obedience; inability to assert one's self…” quote by Georg Brandes](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b9d/georg-brandes-10610_baseness_what-nietzsche-calls-slave-morality-is-t_2767791.jpg)
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