Obedience Quotes

824 Obedience quotes by 491 unique authors

This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,--often the surfeit of our own behavior,--we make guilty of our… — William Shakespeare
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience… — Carrie P Snow
Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God. — Thomas Jefferson
The day obedience becomes a quest and not an irritation is the day you gain power. — Spencer W. Kimball
The spirit of the gospel is optimistic; it trusts in God and looks on the bright side of things. The opposite or pessimistic spirit drags… — Orson F. Whitney
Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His.… — Thomas Aquinas
They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience. — Mahatma Gandhi
Patience is...clearly not fatalistic, shoulder-shrugging resignation. It is the acceptance of a divine rhythm to life; it is obedience prolonged. Patience stoutly resists pulling up… — Neal A. Maxwell
If you give orders and explain nothing, you might get obedience, but you'll get no creativity. If you tell them your purpose, then when your… — Orson Scott Card
The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority. — Stanley Milgram
And have your mother put my head on a stake? Do you have any notion what that would do to my handsome good looks? — Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience. — Howard Zinn
People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the… — D. A. Carson
Holiness is the strength of the soul. It comes by faith and through obedience to God's laws and ordinances. God then purifies the heart by… — James E. Faust
Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding easier. But sometimes it grows the potatoes… — Terry Pratchett
Any allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principal which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being evil. — Dan Simmons
There is no broader way to apostasy than to reject God’s sovereignty in all things concerning the revelation of himself and our obedience... — John Owen
Knowledge is the eye that must direct the foot of obedience. — Thomas Watson
A man who wills commands something within himself that renders obedience, or that he believes renders obedience. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people. — Tamora Pierce
Thus it was that in obedience to the law laid down by his mother, and in obedience to the law of that unknown and nameless… — Jack London
I think He made one law of that kind in order that there might be obedience. In all these other matters what you call obeying… — C.S. Lewis
Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect. — William P. Young
The golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience. If a man wants scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide; but if he… — Oswald Chambers
Suffering in the path of Christian obedience, with joy - because the steadfast love of the Lord is better than life (Psalm 63:3) - is… — John Piper

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