Obedience Quotes

824 Obedience quotes by 491 unique authors

The Lord commands the wife to be submissive. Refusal to submit to the husband is therefore rebellion against God Himself. Submission to the husband is… — Wayne Mack
Obedience is the crown and honour of all virtue. — Martin Luther
The law of God cannot be fulfilled by external obedience. — Martin Luther
We are in China in obedience to the command of our Lord; and the purpose of our Mission is to disciple and make Christians of… — Griffith John
The Christian life does not just evolve. It also requires specific decisions and public commitments to deepen our faith and obedience. — Mark Galli
Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility. — John Climacus
In its narrowest acceptation, order means obedience. A government is said to preserve order if it succeeds in getting itself obeyed. — John Stuart Mill
The only ends for which governments are constituted, and obedience rendered to them, are the obtaining of and protection; and they who cannot provide for… — Algernon Sidney
Satan cannot win. Why not? Because he has denied God's sovereignty and disobeyed God's law. But Moses was told explicitly, God's blessings come only from… — Gary North
It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time. — Kamisese Mara
Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience. — Ed Townsend
Common tyrants, and public oppressors, are not intitled to obedience from their subjects, by virtue of any thing here laid down by the inspired apostle. — Jonathan Mayhew
Picking up our Bibles, we should give God our full attention, withhold our opinion until we understand what He is saying, listen without interrupting, and… — David Jeremiah
If you're anxious about the state of the world, that's understandable. But trade your anxiety for the blessing of hearing the words of Scripture, keeping… — David Jeremiah
This search for happiness can knock us out of sync with God. As the life of Jesus makes clear, keeping in sync with God is… — Franklin Graham
Cell and tissue, shell and bone, leaf and flower, are so many portions of matter, and it is in obedience to the laws of physics… — D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
In God's name, Monsieur, let us remain indifferent; let us strive to be equally attached to whatever obedience marks out for us, be it agreeable… — Vincent de Paul
If your men grow weary of the work or balk at obedience, you must bear with them. Get what you can gently from them. True,… — Vincent de Paul
In a word, we owe obedience to the bishops in all things pertaining to our work in the missions, with ordinands, etc., but the spiritual… — Vincent de Paul
[R]est assured that, when you remain thus in the state in which obedience has placed you, the merit of this same obedience extends over everything… — Vincent de Paul

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