When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which they have bound themselves, the rest have… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Salvation cannot be bought with the currency of obedience; it is purchased by the blood of the Son of God. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf 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
What religion cannot do, GRACE does! Grace empowered obedience beats striving and performing any time!! Every time!! — Floyd McClung Copy Share Image
The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders of fortresses in Hungary, enjoining fidelity to… — Lajos Kossuth Copy Share Image
Women never really command until they have given their promise to obey; and they are never in more danger of being made… — George Farquhar Copy Share Image
In its narrowest acceptation, order means obedience. A government is said to preserve order if it succeeds in getting itself obeyed. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“They would say,” he answered, “that you do not fail in obedience through lack of love, but have lost love because you… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“But there were other forces at work in the cub, the greatest of which was growth. Instinct and law demanded of him… — Jack London Copy Share Image
“8. I have told you that it is I. Here we see how the Son of God not only submits to death… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Fight against your ego with the four swords of training: eat little, sleep little, speak little, and be patient when people harm… — Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi Copy Share Image
“Joy is not a requirement of Christian discipleship, it is a consequence. It is not what we have to acquire in order… — Eugene Peterson Copy Share Image
We may sing, 'Crown Him Lord of all,' and rejoice in the tones of the loud-sounding organ and the deep melody of… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Just as order gave life and beauty to the earth when it was dark and void, so it does to us. Obedience… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Only when you realize that the gospel has nothing to do with your obedience but with Christ's obedience for you, will you… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
I think He made one law of that kind in order that there might be obedience. In all these other matters what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In a sense, all of my books have been about a 'poisonous pedagogy,' which engenders a culture of obedience, this underlying theme… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Obedience insures greatness, whilst disobedience leads to a repulse. Whosoever possesseth the qualities of righteousness placeth his head on the threshold of… — Saadi Copy Share Image
Most Christians are educated way beyond the level of their obedience already! We don’t need to know more, we need to do… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
Let us be well persuaded that everyone of us possesses happiness in proportion to his virtue and wisdom, and according as he… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Never take your obedience as the reason God blesses you; obedience is the outcome of being rightly related to God. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The virtue of obedience makes the will supple... It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks. — John Vianney Copy Share Image
“the darkest desire of humankind—to hold absolute power, to control, to command obedience, to eliminate all voices of disagreement and dissent—had found… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Old-fashioned, Spirit-filled, Christ-honoring, sin-hating, soul-winning, Bible-preaching. It is the hope of the church. It is the hope of the nation. It is… — Jack Hyles Copy Share Image
Obedience to a confessor is the most acceptable offering which we can make to God, and the most secure way of doing… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Only disciplined people become free, but their discipline is not obedience to others: their discipline is obedience to their own inner voice.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
There is not a command God gives to His children for which He does not provide the enablement for obedience. — A. B. Simpson Copy Share Image
“The call goes forth, and is at once followed by the response of obedience. The response of the disciples is an act… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Our food and our rest, our trades and our labors, are to be attended to, and all the offices of humanity performed… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
“Before there could be any permanent reformation the people must be led to feel their utter inability in themselves to render obedience… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
“We live in an age so legalistic, we find it hard to imagine someone wanting to obey their Lord simply because they… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
When we are calling to God to turn the eye of His favor towards us He is calling to us to turn… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
If you are too weak to give yourselves your own law, then a tyrant shall lay his yoke upon you and say:… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Art and relligion are not professions: they are not occupations for which men can be paid. The artist and the saint do… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is… — Bede Griffiths Copy Share Image
