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Obedience Quotes by Richard J. Foster
- As worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. Holy obedience saves worship from becoming an opiate, an escape from the pressing needs…
- Just as worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it has not been…
- Joy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. We need to be light-hearted in what we do to avoid taking ourselves too seriously. It…
- In the spiritual life only one thing produces genuine joy and that is obedience.
More Obedience Quotes
- I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible. — Teresa of Avila
- Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. — Douglas Bader
- It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only… — Albert Barnes
- A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down. — Robert Benchley
- Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not… — Bruno Bettelheim
- Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety. — Aeschylus
- One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty. — Nadia Boulanger
- You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. — Richard Branson
- There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything… — Anatole Broyard
- Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is. — Thomas Carlyle
- Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media. — Noam Chomsky