Obedient Quotes

241 quotes by 190 authors

Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you want. Dogs are different. They're familiar. They're obedient. You call a cat, you go, 'Cat,… — Antonio Banderas
Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed. — Geoffrey Chaucer
Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the whip, as long… — Charles Dickens
His great act of condescension in becoming man and His willingness to be completely humiliated in the death on the cross is set before us… — John F Walvoord
The Lord Jesus died for the ungodly. He was obedient at all costs : He bore everything, and went down into the dust of death,… — John Nelson Darby
Men would pray better if they lived better. They would get more from God if they lived more obedient and well-pleasing to God. — Edward McKendree Bounds
Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction! Be heroes in an army of construction! — Helen Keller
Go, stranger, and tell the Lacedaemonians that here we lie, obedient to their commands. — Leonidas I
We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the… — Samuel Adams
... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers given him by nature. This… — Maria Montessori
To be moral, correct, and virtuous is to be obedient to an old established law and custom. — Friedrich Nietzsche
My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote will. — Paul Klee
Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way… — Adolf Eichmann
If [drugs] didn't exist, our government would have to invent them, the better to enact laws aimed at keeping the citizens "sinless and obedient." — Gore Vidal
For that, one has to drop all the masks, one has to risk many things, particularly respectability. That is a bribe by the society. It… — Rajneesh
The priesthood holds consummate power. It can protect you from the plague of pornography-and it is a plague-if you are succumbing to its influence. If… — Boyd K. Packer
The disobedient child is continuously condemned. The obedient child is, on the other hand, continuously praised. But have you heard of any obedient child having… — Rajneesh
As patterns of obedience develop, the specific blessings associated with obedience are realized and belief emerges. Desire, hope, and belief are forms of faith, but… — Kevin W. Pearson
I am unable to accept the idea that I should be an obedient subject of a gang of corrupt, unprincipled thugs who pontificate about freedom… — John Pugsley

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