The loss of a mother is always keenly felt, even if her health be such as to incapacitate her from taking an… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
If you tell God no because He won't explain the reason He wants you to do something, you are actually hindering His… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more… — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
A man cannot free himself by any self-denying ordinances, neither by water nor potatoes, nor by violent possibilities, by refusing to swear,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Men insist that they don't mind women succeeding so long as they retain their "femininity". Yet the qualities that men consider "feminine"… — Elizabeth Gould Davis Copy Share Image
My heart and my love is in the country because something feels pure and noble and good there, but at the same… — Josh Garrels Copy Share Image
“Most of you, therefore, spend the bulk of your adult life searching for the “right” way to worship, to obey, and to… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
“want your obedience. I expect it—no, I demand it. I don’t relish nor will I enjoy the idea of punishing you. So… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me, break my… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Patience is heavenly, obedience is noble, forgiveness is merciful, and exaltation is godly; and he that holds out faithful to the end… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Mr. Browborough, whose life had not been passed in any strict obedience to the Ten Commandments, and whose religious observances had not… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are clarified and calmed healthily, as we never were before in our lives, not by an opiate, but by some… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Would you really like to live in a society where you have no responsibility and no freedom, no choice, only the false… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
The only ends for which governments are constituted, and obedience rendered to them, are the obtaining of and protection; and they who… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very… — Clare Boothe Luce Copy Share Image
We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage and resolution were most important, into that… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
If you give orders and explain nothing, you might get obedience, but you'll get no creativity. If you tell them your purpose,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The angels as the guardians of men are set over men as instructors and monitors. This shows the relationship that is to… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
“Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
When one has come to accept a certain course as duty he has a pleasant sense of relief and of lifted responsibility,… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
Our stories affect one another whether we know it or not. Sometimes obedience isn't for us at all, but for another. We… — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
I believe that the fewer the laws in a home the better; but there is one law which should be as plainly… — Abbott Eliot Kittredge Copy Share Image
“How does one man assert his power over another, Winston?” Winston thought. “By making him suffer,” he said. “Exactly. By making him… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
In Deuteronomy 11, God offers Israel a choice; either a life of productivity and enjoyment made possible by obedience to Him, or… — Max Anders Copy Share Image
Many argue that Christianity is "different" from other religions - that it is primarily about love of one's fellow man. The Crusades,… — Andrew Bernstein Copy Share Image
Let not those who say that the path of obedience is a dangerous one claim to believe in the living and true… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
A Christian anarchist has no business belonging to such a reactionary organization [the Catholic Church]. I do not believe in original sin,… — Ammon Hennacy Copy Share Image
“Now, the error which many parents commit in the treatment of the individual at this time(adolescense) is, insisting on the same unreasoning… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Obedience is our universal duty and destiny; wherein whoso will not bend must break; too early and too thoroughly we cannot be… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Audible prayer can never do the works of spiritual understanding, which regenerates; but silent prayer, watchfulness, and devout obedience enable us to… — Mary Baker Eddy Copy Share Image
When people talk of atoms obeying fixed laws, they are either ascribing some kind of intelligence and free will to atoms or… — Samuel Butler 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
Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others. It is not obedience… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Extirpate two thoughts within thyself: do not consider thyself worthy of anything great, and do not think that any other man is… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Time is short. The world is at the brink of eternity. Right now we have the greatest opportunity to rise up and… — K.P. Yohannan Copy Share Image
“In any age when people pervert goodness, love, and obedience and set up a god small enough to fit their shrunken souls...Anything… — Zenna Henderson Copy Share Image
“Jesus enters the garden, in preparation, intending to face his fears by facing his God, his Father, His greatest fear is to… — Megan McKenna Copy Share Image
The first law that ever God gave to man was a law of pure obedience; it was a commandment naked and simple,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The ability to discern the thoughts and motives of your heart (especially when experiencing intense emotion) is an essential skill for the… — Lou Priolo Copy Share Image
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