The belief in eternal torment, still subscribed to by fundamentalist Christian denominations, undoubtedly ranks as the most vicious and reprehensible doctrine of… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
Humanly speaking, it is possible to understand the Sermon on the Mount in a thousand different ways. But Jesus knows only one… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“While man is God's creature, 'tis impossible that he should not owe all possible subjection and obedience to God his Maker. He… — John Barret Copy Share Image
Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this state in the pilgrim's progress is reached, all other rules… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Since strict obedience is demanded and harshly enforced, only the least talented, least articulate, least nuanced thinkers, least likely to take a… — Kate Kelly Copy Share Image
Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in the soul and later progresses to the… — William Ames Copy Share Image
When humans should have become as perfect in voluntary obedience as the inanimate creation is in its lifeless obedience, then they will… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The first problem for all of us, men and woman, is not to learn, but to unlearn. We are filled with the… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“We may be content to remain what we call 'ordinary people': but He is determined to carry out a quite different plan.… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
If God creates a world of particles and waves, dancing in obedience to mathematical and physical laws, who are we to say… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
“Understanding is the reward of obedience. Obedience is the key to every door. I am perplexed at the stupidity of the ordinary… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Running is many things to me: survival, calmness, euphoria, solitude. It is proof of my corporeal existence, my ability to control my… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
Strong, proactive obedience is anything but weak or passive. It is the means by which we declare our faith in God and… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
“Legalism is when we try to obtain the result of obedience by our own means and strength. It is self-righteousness, as opposed… — Kelly Minter Copy Share Image
What is our hope but the indwelling Spirit of Christ, to bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, to… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
I don't believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
For an American to be patriotic is to be loyal to the principles of our Constitution, and the First Amendment. The truth… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
“Revolutionary’ discipline depends on political consciousness – on an understanding of why orders must be obeyed; it takes time to diffuse this,… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of person who always wants more. I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly… — Hakeem Olajuwon Copy Share Image
The Christian gospel is a message of freedom through grace and we must stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
When we truly understand what it means to love as Jesus Christ loves us, the confusion clears and our priorities align. Our… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
But all I could see was her. No skill of mine, no artist anywhere, could’ve immortalized how gorgeous she was. It was… — Richelle Mead 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
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
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
“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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
“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
“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
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
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
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
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
![“Our stories affect one another whether we know it or not. Sometimes obedience isn't for us at all, but for another. We don't know how God holds the kingdom in balance or why he moves a chess piece at a crucial time; we might never see the results of his sovereignty [...] I might just be one shade…” quote by Jen Hatmaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/jen-hatmaker-4184_balance_our-stories-affect-one-another-whether-w_3182996.png)
