Believe Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“A man who WILLS commands something within himself which renders obedience, or which he believes renders obedience.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The essence in obedience consists in the fact that a person comes to view himself as an instrument for carrying out another person's wishes…

— Stanley Milgram

He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience.

— Samuel Johnson

Obedience alone gives the right to command.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility.

— John Climacus

Obedience is a virtue of so excellent a nature, that Our Lord was pleased to mark its observance upon the whole course of His…

— Saint Francis de Sales

Obedience is a foundational stepping-stone on the path of God’s will.

— Elizabeth George

Obedience is an emblem of our faith in the wisdom and power of the highest authority, even God.

— L. Tom Perry

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Obedience is the psychological mechanism that links individual action to political purpose. It is the dispositional cement that binds men to systems of authority.

— Stanley Milgram