“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
God doesn't want our success; He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience. — Charles Colson 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
“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
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
“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
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
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 man's true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded on a just estimate of himself and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“I will bear any thing you can inflict upon me with Patience, even to the laying down of my Life, to shew… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
God beckons storm clouds and they come. He tells the wind to blow and the rain to fall, and they obey immediately.… — David Platt Copy Share Image
“We need both reverence and obedience. If we worship but do not walk in obedience and discipline, we are emotional, lacking self-control… — Amy Layne Litzelman Copy Share Image
“How simple it seemed, obedience did, when she loved the man she obeyed so completely. There was nothing he could order her… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Would it not be well this Christmas to give first to the Lord, directly through obedience, sacrifice, and love, and then to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As our faith grows and we come to know more about the attributes of God and his role in our lives and… — Hayley and Michael DiMarco Copy Share Image
The audience will teach you how to act and the audience will teach you how to write and to direct. The classroom… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Let it not, therefore, be said that the Sovereign is not subject to the laws of his State; since the contrary is… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau 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
“Surely, comrades, you do not want Jones back?" Once again this argument was unanswerable. Certainly the animals did not want Jones back;… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Without love even the most radical devotion to God is of no value to Him. Let me make sure that sinks in…… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When we violate our conscience by compromising our integrity, we put our reputation at risk. We also become our own advocate because… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
All true obedience comes from the heart. It was heart work with Christ. And if we consent, He will so identify Himself… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
“God had spoken to His people through His Word. It had humbled them in their sins, but it had lifted them up… — Colin S. Smith 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
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
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
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, 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
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 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 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
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
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
“Because the vast majority of men would far rather be told what to do than make their own choices. Obedience is easy.” — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
True obedience can only happen when you secretly think you know better, and you choose to bow your head. Anything short of… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
Faith and obedience are inescapably related. There is no saving faith in God apart from obedience to God, and there can be… — John Macarthur Copy Share Image
Revival is a renewed conviction of sin and repentance, followed by an intense desire to live in obedience to God. It is… — Charles Grandison Finney 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
“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
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
