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Obedience Quotes by Simone Weil
- Those who keep the masses of men in subjection by exercising force and cruelty deprive them at once of two vital foods, liberty and obedience;…
- Every new development for the last three centuries has brought men closer to a state of affairs in which absolutely nothing would be recognized in…
- When an apprentice gets hurt, or complains of being tired, the workmen and peasants have this fine expression: "It is the trade entering his body."…
- There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not…
More Obedience Quotes
- I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible. — Teresa of Avila
- The Lord Jesus died for the ungodly. He was obedient at all costs : He bore everything, and went down into the… — John Nelson Darby
- We have solved, by fair experiment, the great and interesting question whether freedom of religion is compatible with order in government and… — Thomas Jefferson
- Let any man turn to God in earnest, let him begin to exercise himself unto godliness, let him seek to develop his… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
- 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