We express true love in obedience to God and service to others- not reckless or selfish behavior- and we choose these behaviors. — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
Simple honesty of purpose in a man goes a long way in life, if founded on a just estimate of himself and… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The man of the true religious tradition understands two things: liberty and obedience. The first means knowing what you really want. The… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
There is no broader way to apostasy than to reject God’s sovereignty in all things concerning the revelation of himself and our… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The obedience of men is to imitate the obedience of angels, and rational beings on earth are to live unto God, as… — William Law Copy Share Image
What is the "extraordinary"? It is the love of Jesus Christ himself, love that goes to the cross in suffering obedience. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Society values cooperation over independence, obedience over individuality, and niceness above all else. — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
Sometimes this going out in obedience to God's command is more dramatic than at other times... sometimes more spectacular... sometimes more brave...… — Peter Marshall 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
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
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
To those of you who pay your tithing, I commend you. To those of you who presently are not obeying the law… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
I like this thought: Your mind is a cupboard, and you stock the shelves. Let us make certain that our cupboard shelves,… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Society will be obeyed; if you refuse obedience, you must take the consequences. Society has only one law, and that is custom.… — Philip Gilbert Hamerton Copy Share Image
Never take biblical interpretation lightly. Never assume you've arrived or learned all that you can. Be a lifelong learner, but always apply… — Craig Blomberg Copy Share Image
“Obedience makes our heart receptive to what God has already done. It doesn’t move Him; His heart is always aflame toward us.… — Brian Williams Copy Share Image
When Jesus was baptized by John, the heavens opened and the Dove descended upon Him. Immediately thereafter, that same Dove drove Him… — Lou Engle Copy Share Image
Morality has been conceived up to the present in a very narrow spirit, as obedience to a law, as inner struggle between… — Ernest Renan Copy Share Image
A Christian woman's true freedom lies on the other side of a very small gate...humble obedience...but that gate leads out into a… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Infidelity and skepticism abound everywhere. In one form or another they are to be found in every rank and class of society.… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“OBEDIENCE IS NOT ENOUGH. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Even the Savior of the world, the Only Begotten Son of God, was obliged to come to earth and to take upon… — Alma P Burton Copy Share Image
once a policy, like a set of steel rails, had been laid down for him by his superiors, his obedience ran along… — Kylie Tennant Copy Share Image
The Obedience of Children to their Parents is the Basis of all Government, and set forth as the measure of that Obedience… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Religions work for their own aggrandizement - strengthen the church and so on - and they use reinforcers of one kind or… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
Son of Heav'n and Earth, Attend: that thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself, That is,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
The heart is the most arrogant and egoistic part of the body, it does not listen to the views of mind, even… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Note this, I beseech you: in active obedience we worship God by doing what pleases God, but by passive obedience we do… — Jeremiah Burroughs 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
Discipline is training that corrects and perfects our mental faculties or molds our moral character. Discipline is control gained by enforced obedience.… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
When God calls you to something, He is not always calling you to succeed, He’s calling you to obey! The success of… — David Wilkerson Copy Share Image
There are hunters, and there are victims. By your discipline, cunning, obedience, and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter… — Jim Mattis Copy Share Image
Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people- the one who is called, and the one who… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
It is a distortion of the notion of romantic love to want to see obedience as the quintessential expression of respect. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Intellectuals incline to be individualists, or even independents, are not team conscious and tend to regard obedience as a surrender of personality. — Harold Nicolson Copy Share Image
It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time. — Kamisese Mara Copy Share Image
“But I’ve always found that the quickest way to make someone relent in his foolish edicts is to take every command literally… — Courtney Milan Copy Share Image
[I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes. — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
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