Obedience Quotes

824 Obedience quotes by 491 unique authors

Language is not made to be believed but to be obeyed, and to compel obedience newspapers, news, proceed by redundancy, in that they tell us… — Gilles Deleuze
Rome is burning, Jesus says. Drop your fiddle, change your life and come to Me. Let go of the good days that never were -… — Brennan Manning
Thus, for followers of Christ, calling neutralizes the fundamental position of choice in modern life. “I have chosen you,” Jesus said, “you have not chosen… — Os Guinness
For politics is not like the nursery; in politics obedience and support are the same. — Hannah Arendt
What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it. — John Bunyan
As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour,… — William Shakespeare
Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. This is good news, because it means very simply that the command… — John Piper
Radical obedience to Christ is not easy... It's not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks… — David Platt
If two angels were to receive at the same moment a commission from God, one to go down and rule earth’s grandest empire, the other… — John Newton
Take from my palms, to soothe your heart, a little honey, a little sun, in obedience to Persephone's bees. You can't untie a boat that… — Osip Mandelstam
When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him. — Elisabeth Elliot
I do understand what love is, and that is one of the reasons I can never again be a Christian. Love is not self denial.… — Dan Barker
Let the consequences of your obedience be left up to God. — Oswald Chambers
We're not called to live by human reason. All that matters is obedience to God's Word and his leading in our lives. if God says… — Brother Yun
God’s training is for now, not presently. His purpose is for this minute, not for something in the future. we have nothing to do with… — Oswald Chambers
A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience. — Naomi Wolf
My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus' words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him. — David Platt
Ibn Ata' Allah said: "God may open up for you the gates of obedience, but without opening up for you the gates of acceptance. On… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi
It does seem simple, doesn't it?' she said, with a final bitter attempt at flippancy, 'when you want to kill a chicken...you take hold of… — Baroness Orczy
‎What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We should accustom… — Martin Luther
People try to persuade us that the objections against Christianity spring from doubt. That is a complete misunderstanding. The objections against Christianity spring from insubordination,… — Soren Kierkegaard
The heroes of faith in Hebrews 11 ... obeyed by faith ... obedience is the pathway to holiness ... no one will become holy apart… — Jerry Bridges
God beckons storm clouds and they come. He tells the wind to blow and the rain to fall, and they obey immediately. He speaks to… — David Platt
True obedience can only happen when you secretly think you know better, and you choose to bow your head. Anything short of that is just… — Philippa Gregory
The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience. — Oswald Chambers

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