“The effectiveness of an inspired bishop, adviser, or teacher has very little to do with the outward trappings of power or an… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
When absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
I have thought about it a great deal, and the more I think, the more certain I am that obedience is the… — Anne Sullivan Copy Share Image
According to God, the One who designed and instituted marriage, love is a choice. It’s a matter of obedience, not emotion. — Kay Arthur Copy Share Image
“Parents expect only two things from their children, obedience in their childhood and respect in their adulthood.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Old Testament Israel had some foundational pillars of faith. They were true and robust and God given. The trouble was that people… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
I taught public school for 26 years, but I just can't do it anymore. For years I asked the school board to… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
Come when you're called; And do as you're bid; Shut the door after you; And you'll never be chid. — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
You’ll come with us,” she said. “Sure,” Gavin said. “It wasn’t a request.” “Yes it was,” Gavin said. “When you don’t have… — Brent Weeks Copy Share Image
God calls us to duty, and the only right answer is obedience...whether we ourselves get enjoyment and blessing from the task or… — George Hodges (theologian Copy Share Image
Because of the Chinese culture of obedience, you don't ask questions... You follow and obey. — Bai Ling Copy Share Image
The heroes in paganism correspond exactly to the saints in popery, and holy dervises in MAHOMETANISM. The place of, HERCULES, THESEUS, HECTOR,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
How will you find good? It is not a thing of choice; it is a river that flows from the foot of… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Fits did not go over well in my house. There was a lot of discipline and obedience and you had to be… — Daisy Fuentes Copy Share Image
Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility. — John Climacus Copy Share Image
Heroism works in contradiction to the voice of mankind and in contradiction, for a time, to the voice of the great and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Obedience is the fruit of faith; patience is the early blossom on the tree of faith. — Christina Rossetti Copy Share Image
When the term Christian or even Protestant is used, it seldom refers to any particularly evangelical doctrine or way of life. More… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
..tithing isn't something I do to clear my conscience so I can do whatever I want with the 90 percent--it also belongs… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
He is the creator, and sustainer and Lord of all things and He is worthy of your honor and obedience. — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
The relationship between the obedience of Gods people and the triumph of Gods cause is not a relationship of cause and effect… — John Howard Yoder Copy Share Image
The standard of a true leader is that he sets also his own rules rather than merely and blindly obeying the set… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
