Prayer is good; but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy... Don't hedge! Time flies!… — Charles Studd Copy Share Image
The obedience of men is to imitate the obedience of angels, and rational beings on earth are to live unto God, as… — William Law Copy Share Image
Faith is not an instinct. It certainly is not a feeling - feelings don't help much when you're in the lions' den… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
In time of peril, like the needle to the loadstone, obedience, irrespective of rank, generally flies to him who is best fitted… — Herman Melville 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
If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding easier. But sometimes it… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In a famous Middletown study of Muncie, Indiana, in 1924, mothers were asked to rank the qualities they most desire in their… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
The essence of that by which Jesus overcame the world was not suffering, but obedience. Yes, men may puzzle themselves and their… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Saying yes to God isn't about perfect performance, but rather perfect surrender to the Lord day by day. Your obedience becomes radical… — Lysa TerKeurst Copy Share Image
“Unquestioning obedience is hailed as a great virtue only by those leaders whose commands are highly questionable.” — George Hammond Copy Share Image
The possession of a true testimony is the most valuable possession that one could have. It gives one knowledge, the hope and… — Marion G. Romney Copy Share Image
Learn obedience first. Among these Western nations, with such a high spirit of independence, the spirit of obedience is equally strong. We… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There is no substitute for obedience to the commands and demands of the gospel, of doing what we are supposed to do… — David S. Baxter Copy Share Image
Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
Long-term, gospel-motivate d obedience can only come from the grace of what Jesus has already done, not the guilt of what we… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The person who understands the evil in his own heart is the only person who is useful, fruitful, and solid in his… — John Owen Copy Share Image
When Jesus was baptized by John, the heavens opened and the Dove descended upon Him. Immediately thereafter, that same Dove drove Him… — Lou Engle Copy Share Image
For politics is not like the nursery; in politics obedience and support are the same. — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
The struggle is always between the individual and his sacred right to express himself and... the power structure that seeks conformity, suppression… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
To do well does not mean everything will always turn out well. The key is to remember that faith and obedience are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just as worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
If patriotism were defined, not as blind obedience to government, not as submissive worship to flags and anthems, but rather as love… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
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