Obedience Quotes

824 Obedience quotes by 491 unique authors

The virtue of Christianity is obedience. — Julius Charles Hare
All education is despotism. It is perhaps impossible for the young to be conducted without introducing in many cases the tyranny implicit in obedience. Go… — William Godwin
All the good of which humanity is capable is comprised in obedience. — John Stuart Mill
A servile race Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place; Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools, Bigots to Greece, and slaves to… — Charles Churchill
Obedience, as it regards the social relations, the rules of society, and the laws of nature and nature's God, should commence at the cradle and… — Hosea Ballou
Obedience sums up our entire duty. — Hosea Ballou
Humanly speaking, it is possible to understand the Sermon on the Mount in a thousand different ways. But Jesus knows only one possibility: simple surrender… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Woman's happiness consists in obeying; she objects to a man who yields too much. — Jules Michelet
Women are perfectly well aware that the more they seem to obey the more they rule. — Jules Michelet
Now then, you of noble mind, who love this profession, come at once to art and accept these precepts: enthusiasm , reverence, obedience, and perseverance.… — Cennino Cennini
Women never really command until they have given their promise to obey; and they are never in more danger of being made slaves than when… — George Farquhar
In such a world as this, with such hearts as ours, weakness is wickedness in the long run. Whoever lets himself be shaped and guided… — Alexander MacLaren
Nothing is more destructive of human dignity than a rule which imposes a mute and blind obedience. — Anthony Eden
A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience. — Barbara Deming
Evolution has programmed us to feel rejection in our guts. This is how the tribe inforced obedience, by wielding the threat of expulsion. Fear of… — Steven Pressfield
Fantasy stories open our eyes to an unseen world and train our minds to see beyond the visible. In the New Testament context, this is… — Bryan Davis
The virtue of obedience makes the will supple... It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks. — John Vianney
The Gospel of Judas turns Judas' act of betrayal into an act of obedience. The sacrifice of Jesus' body of flesh in fact becomes saving.… — Craig A. Evans
Humility is the mother of many virtues because from it obedience, fear, reverence, patience, modesty, meekness and peace are born. He who is humble easily… — Thomas of Villanova
Extirpate two thoughts within thyself: do not consider thyself worthy of anything great, and do not think that any other man is much lower than… — Saint Basil
Go to your confessor; open your heart to him; display to him all the recesses of your soul; take the advice that he will give… — Saint Francis de Sales
LIFE is that existence that is given to man to live for a purpose, to live to his own satisfaction and pleasure, providing he forgets… — Marcus Garvey
The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have the free will… — Peace Pilgrim
Children need directing and teaching what is right in a kind, affectionate manner How often we see parents demand obedience, good behavior, kind words, pleasant… — Brigham Young
All that the Lord requires of us is strict obedience to the laws of life. All the sacrifice that the Lord asks of his people… — Brigham Young

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