I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere, the yellow leaf, and that which should… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
A man who wills commands something within himself that renders obedience, or that he believes renders obedience. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
But hush! No telling to others that make so inquisitive questions. We must obey, and silence is a part of obedience, and… — Bram Stoker Copy Share Image
There is nothing left worth preserving in the notions of unseen powers, controlling human destiny, to which obedience and worship are due. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Compulsory obedience to a master is a state of slavery, willing obedience to one's father is the glory of son ship. — Mahatma Gandhi 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
Medication alone is not to be relied on. In one half the cases medicine is not needed, or is worse than useless.… — Harriot Kezia Hunt Copy Share Image
The life function of [the local church] is to love the God who created it - to care for others out of… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
And if we ask how are we to know where our hearts are, the answer is just as simple - everything which… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The Lord commands the wife to be submissive. Refusal to submit to the husband is therefore rebellion against God Himself. Submission to… — Wayne Mack Copy Share Image
If you have nothing of the spirit of prayer, nothing of the love of the brotherhood, nothing of mortifying the spirit of… — Gardiner Spring Copy Share Image
When you suffer and lose, that does not mean you are being disobedient to God. In fact, it might mean you're right… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
The truth is evident. There is no freedom but instead bondage and control in rebellion. It is the opening of the soul… — John Bevere 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
I am free when I am functioning here in time and space as the creative will. ... freedom by our definition is… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
Faith that saves has one distinguishing quality: saving faith is a faith that produces obedience; it is a faith that brings about… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“Knowledge is not necessary for obedience, nor doth information replace faith. El hast commanded. We shall obey” — Donovan M. Neal Copy Share Image
“It’s true that God wants us to grow in our knowledge and obedience of him, but he never wants us to stop… — Caleb Breakey Copy Share Image
“The Order of the Divine mind, embodied in the Divine Law, is beautiful. What should a man do but try to reproduce… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
If you ask why we should obey God, in the last resort the answer is, 'I am.' To know God is to… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In a nonviolent army, the general and the officers are elected, or are as if elected, when their authority is moral and… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Conversion is an enlarging, a deepening, and a broadening of the undergirding base of testimony. It is the result of revelation from… — David A. Bednar 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
They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The father receives his power from God (and from his own father). The teacher finds the soil already prepared for obedience, and… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Picking up our Bibles, we should give God our full attention, withhold our opinion until we understand what He is saying, listen… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
Obedience is a consecration of the heart, chastity of the body, and poverty of all worldly goods to the Love and Service… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
“You can do the right thing that seems wrong to others, or the wrong thing that seems right, and its actually puerile… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
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
You must learn to understand the secret of gratitude. It is more than just so-called virtue. It is revealed to you as… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
A true military officer is in one particular like a true monk. Not with more self-abnegation will the latter keep his vows… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Obedience . . . allows us to reach a higher and more spiritual level in life, using our agency to do the… — Athos M. Amorim Copy Share Image
True humility is absolute obedience and dependence on God. It puts Him first, others second, and ourselves third in all things. — John Bevere Copy Share Image
There are multitudes in our congregations who are just waiting while they ought to be acting. They must work, if they would… — Ichabod Spencer Copy Share Image
Worship is an act of obedience of the heart. It is a response that requires the very core of who you are,… — Darlene Zschech Copy Share Image
God honors obedience, and He has distinct plans for us. I think the dreams that God puts in our hearts, we can… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
“So when we say to ourselves, or to others, 'You should obey God,' what we mean is 'We want what God deserves… — Andrew T. Walker Copy Share Image
![“Medication alone is not to be relied on. In one half the cases medicine is not needed, or is worse than useless. Obedience to spiritual and physical laws--hygeine [sic] of the body, and hygeine of the spirit--is the surest warrant for health and happiness.” quote by Harriot Kezia Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bf3/harriot-kezia-hunt-40137_body_medication-alone-is-not-to-be-relied-on_612415.jpg)
![“The life function of [the local church] is to love the God who created it - to care for others out of obedience to Christ, to heal those who hurt, to take away fear, to restore community, to belong to one another, to proclaim the Good News while living it out. The church is the invisible made…” quote by Charles Colson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/778/charles-colson-7127_care_the-life-function-of-the-local-church-is_963816.jpg)
