There is a great difference, then, between "power" and "authority." Power refers to one's ability to coerce others (through physical, economic, or… — Joshua Meyrowitz Copy Share Image
“Our Lord speaks of many coming up to His door confident of admission, whom He yet sends away. Faith is obedience, not… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Be firm and upright upon the commands of Allah, work to His obedience and keep away from His disobedience. — Hasan of Basra Copy Share Image
This search for happiness can knock us out of sync with God. As the life of Jesus makes clear, keeping in sync… — Franklin Graham Copy Share Image
Latter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient. They are obedient because they know certain spiritual truths and… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
Obey something, and you will have a chance to learn what is best to obey. But if you begin by obeying nothing,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
When you yield yourself in complete and whole-hearted obedience to God, He can do great things through you. — Jim George Copy Share Image
Now I find that in a state of pure obedience the mind learns contentment in appearing weak and foolish to that wisdom… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
Defiance, not obedience, is the American's answer to overbearing authority. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Our vow of chastity is nothing but our undivided love for Christ in chastity, then we proceed to the freedom of poverty-poverty… — Mother Teresa 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 essence of Christian obedience is not do’s and don’ts but personal allegiance to Jesus. — Timothy Keller 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
Thus, for followers of Christ, calling neutralizes the fundamental position of choice in modern life. “I have chosen you,” Jesus said, “you… — Os Guinness Copy Share Image
“Obedience is the fruit and proof of love; and the words of the Master are suggestive, "If a man love Me he… — Alexander Marshall Copy Share Image
The characteristic feature of militarism is not the fact that a nation has a powerful army or navy. It is the paramount… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Teach me to take all grace / And spring it into blades of act, / Grow spears and sheaves of charity, /… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are, in principle, under autocratic control. Thus, a corporation or an… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When each citizen submits himself to the authority of law he does not thereby decrease his independence or freedom, but rather increases… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Our love for Christ is more important to Him than all of our service to Him. Strict obedience and services are not… — Anne Graham Lotz Copy Share Image
'Nature is conquered by obedience' - and her resistless energies are at our bidding, as soon as we, by knowledge, work with… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
What little recognition the idea of obligation to the public obtains in modern morality, is derived from Greek and Roman sources, not… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
