Obedience Quotes

824 Obedience quotes by 491 unique authors

The angels as the guardians of men are set over men as instructors and monitors. This shows the relationship that is to exist between them.… — Tertullian
You will notice that the work is simple obedience. It is not complicated things, it is not fancy things or getting great spiritual manifestations. This… — Henry B. Eyring
The more we see that any action springs not from the motive of obedience, the more evident is it that it is a temptation of… — Teresa of Avila
The individual act of obedience is the cornerstone not only of the strength of authoritarian society but also of its weakness. — Robert Anton Wilson
Trust is an act of the mind, while obedience is an act of the hands and feet. — David Jeremiah
There is a moral and spiritual war for the souls of Americans. And this war must be waged by preaching the Gospel, prayer, and obedience… — David Jeremiah
It is much safer to be subject than it is to command. Many live in obedience more from necessity than from love. Such become discontented… — Thomas a Kempis
After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power… — James Prescott Joule
As Elisabeth Elliot points out, not even dying a martyr’s death is classified as extraordinary obedience when you are following a Savior who died on… — David Platt
Dear Father, take this days life into Thine own keeping. Control all my thoughts and feelings. Direct all my energies. Instruct my mind. Sustain my… — John Baillie
Fits did not go over well in my house. There was a lot of discipline and obedience and you had to be very ladylike. Ladies… — Daisy Fuentes
Faithfully disciplining (training, educating, correcting) your child in a manner that pleases the Lord is an expression of biblical love. It also is a step… — John C. Broger
Lord, make me less like Jonah and more like Jesus. Save me from being the kind of person who cares more about my comfort, my… — Colin S. Smith
The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands… — Laozi
Intellectuals incline to be individualists, or even independents, are not team conscious and tend to regard obedience as a surrender of personality. — Harold Nicolson
To do well does not mean everything will always turn out well. The key is to remember that faith and obedience are still the answers,… — David E. Sorensen
True leaders must be willing to suffer for the sake of objectives great enough to demand their wholehearted obedience. — J. Oswald Sanders
Since when has obedience to Christ and His Gospel become optional to Christianity? — K.P. Yohannan
It isn't right to be obedient only when things go well; it is much harder to be a good, obedient soldier when things go badly… — Wilhelm Keitel
The man who will go where his colors go, without asking, who will fight a phantom foe in the jungle and mountain range, without counting,… — T. R. Fehrenbach
True worship is obedience to God for no other reason than that you delight in God. — J. D. Greear
Obedience to the word in humility of mind never confuses. — John Nelson Darby
Without love even the most radical devotion to God is of no value to Him. Let me make sure that sinks in… You can gain… — J. D. Greear
There's some task which the God of all the universe, the great Creator, your redeemer in Jesus Christ has for you to do, and which… — Alan Redpath
Note this, I beseech you: in active obedience we worship God by doing what pleases God, but by passive obedience we do as well worship… — Jeremiah Burroughs

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