Obedience Quotes

824 Obedience quotes by 491 unique authors

It is for each of us freely to choose whom we shall serve, and find in that obedience our freedom. — Mary Caroline Richards
Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very symbol of military… — Clare Boothe Luce
In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous… — Edmund Burke
War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder. — Alexander Berkman
No master can make me swear blind obedience. — Horace
Obey something, and you will have a chance to learn what is best to obey. But if you begin by obeying nothing, you will end… — John Ruskin
The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders. — Jean Cocteau
Every good servant does not all commands. — William Shakespeare
It is right that what is just should be obeyed. It is necessary that what is strongest should be obeyed. — Blaise Pascal
Freedom is only granted us that obedience may be more perfect. — John Ruskin
True obedience is true freedom. — Henry Ward Beecher
As for freedom, it will soon cease to exist in any shape or form. Living will depend upon absolute obedience to a strict set of… — Jean Baudrillard
Love is not obedience, conformity, or submission. It is a counterfeit love that is contingent upon authority, punishment, or reward. True love is respect and… — Dan Barker
We have solved, by fair experiment, the great and interesting question whether freedom of religion is compatible with order in government and obedience to the… — Thomas Jefferson
Myself, and all the Angelic Host, that stand in the sight of God enthroned, our happy state hold, as you yours, while our obedience hold.… — John Milton
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers. — Thucydides
Give obedience where 'tis truly owed. — William Shakespeare
Obedience alone gives the right to command. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
God bless thee; and put meekness in thy breast, Love, charity, obedience, and true duty! — William Shakespeare
What is peculiar in the life of a man consists not in his obedience, but his opposition, to his instincts. In one direction or another… — Henry David Thoreau

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