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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“The distance between your knowledge of truth and your obedience is called lack of integrity. And the amount of negative behavior--or lack… — Tara Leigh Cobble Copy Share Image
There was always talk of espirit de corps, of being gung ho, and that must have been a part of it. Better,… — James Brady Copy Share Image
There are rules and laws to help ensure our physical safety. Likewise, the Lord has provided guidelines and commandments to help ensure… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
When the Holy Spirit is in full control of our lives, He will expect our obedience to the written Word of God.… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If you are feeling more yourself, there is a problem best addressed immediately," said the queen. "In my nightshirt?" The king wriggled,… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
“Dare we care at all about current fashions if that means reducing our ability to help hungry neighbors? How many more luxuries… — Ron Sider Copy Share Image
If your mother tells you to do a thing, it is wrong to reply that you won't. It is better and more… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Not so much in obedience, as in surprise and fear: for on the raising of the hand, he became sensible of confused… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process.… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
Naturally we all have an inclination to command, and a great aversion to obey; and yet it is certain that it is… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
If we haven't learned to be worshipers it doesn't really matter how well we do anything else. Worship changes us or it… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
Moral education, as I understand it, is not about inculcating obedience to law or cultivating self-virtue, it is rather about finding within… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
“By strict obedience Jesus won. He did not succumb to Satan’s temptings. And if we do what the Lord says, we have… — Elaine Cannon Copy Share Image
What is the gospel itself but a merciful moderation, in which Christ's obedience is esteemed ours, and our sins laid upon him,… — Richard Sibbes Copy Share Image
As Elisabeth Elliot points out, not even dying a martyr’s death is classified as extraordinary obedience when you are following a Savior… — David Platt Copy Share Image
The really important thing in life is not the avoidance of mistakes, but the obedience of faith. By obedience, the man is… — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
Rome is burning, Jesus says. Drop your fiddle, change your life and come to Me. Let go of the good days that… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Love withers under constraints. Its very essence is liberty; it is comparable neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear; it is there most… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
TO the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little, Once unquestioning obedience, once… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“My heart says, ‘This way.’ The world says, ‘That way.’ God says, ‘I am the Way.’ And if perchance I choose to… — Craig D. Lounsbrough 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
![“A Christian anarchist has no business belonging to such a reactionary organization [the Catholic Church]. I do not believe in original sin, indulgences, the infallibility of the pope, or obedience to any church official if it is against my conscience. I am not interested in earning "merit" or in…” quote by Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/ammon-hennacy-33177_anarchist_a-christian-anarchist-has-no-business-be_2906303.png)
