Obey Quotes

772 Obey quotes by 520 unique authors

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. — Khalil Gibran
Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those… — Denis Diderot
Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey. — Denis Diderot
Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion… — Benjamin Disraeli
All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey. — John Dryden
I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall… — Dag Hammarskjold
The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey. — Sydney J. Harris
If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun. — Katharine Hepburn
It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her. — Victor Hugo
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey… — David Hume
There is a lovable quality about the actual tools. One feels so kindly to the thing that enables the hand to obey the brain. Moreover,… — Gertrude Jekyll
I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty. — Chief Joseph
It is much safer to obey than to rule. — Thomas a Kempis
It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey. — Soren Kierkegaard
Obey the principles without being bound by them. — Bruce Lee
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each… — C.S. Lewis
There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not. — Rush Limbaugh
Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon certain types of… — Simon Mainwaring
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. — Malcolm X
I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own… — Thomas Merton
If God can't get you to obey Him concerning your money, he won't get to anything else you got. — Joyce Meyer

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