Obedience Quotes

I am free when I am functioning here in time and space as the creative will. ... freedom by our definition is obedience to the law of one's nature.

All obedience begins in the affections, and nothing in religion is done right, that is not done there first.

Our identity as the people of God is marked primarily by our faithfulness in obedience to Him.

Obedience is the greatest refuge of the weak and the coward people!

Jesus became a God and reached His great state of under-standing through consistent effort and continuous obedience to all the Gospel truths and universal laws.

Putting it in plain terms, the general public must be reduced to its traditional apathy and obedience, and driven from the arena of political debate and action, if democracy is to survive.

Live in robust sanity, in holy obedience to the ordinary." (The Message) "In an insane asylum like the world, simple sanity can be a heroic achievement.

True obedience can only happen when you secretly think you know better, and you choose to bow your head. Anything short of that is just agreement, and any ninny-in-waiting can agree.

When obedience is so impious, revolt is a necessity.

Jesus resolved the false opposition between obedience and freedom and opened the path to freedom

Beware of the inclination to dictate to God what consequences you would allow as a condition of your obedience to Him.

One great effect of prayer is that it enables the soul to command the body. By obedience I make my body submissive to my soul, but prayer puts my soul in command of my body.

Faith and character are intimately related. Faith in the power of obedience to the commandments of God will forge strength of character available to you in times of urgent need.

No enduring improvement can occur without righteous exercise of agency. Do not attempt to override agency. The Lord himself would not do that. Forced obedience yields no blessings.

Smee, you are a supreme idjit." "Aye, Cap'n.

As our understanding of obedience deepens, we recognize the essential role of agency.

He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience. We have always protected the Americans; we may therefore subject them to government.

Those commands of superiors which are contrary to our first duties are not to be obeyed.

Obedience to authority saves many skins

Caring for God's endowment in a thrifty fashion is a form of biblical obedience.

Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace.

Unquestioning obedience is for slaves, the uneducated and the pathetic.

Long-term, gospel-motivate d obedience can only come from the grace of what Jesus has already done, not the guilt of what we must do.

In a word, we owe obedience to the bishops in all things pertaining to our work in the missions, with ordinands, etc., but the spiritual and internal direction belongs to the Superior General.

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors.

The obedience of men is to imitate the obedience of angels, and rational beings on earth are to live unto God, as rational beings in heaven live unto Him.

The struggle is always between the individual and his sacred right to express himself and the power structure that seeks conformity, suppression, and obedience.

It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold their liberty by true obedience to rules of their own making.

Let them obey that knows not how to rule.

Being a philosopher requires a lot of thinking and no action. Being a model requires a lot of action and no thinking.

for meobedience to another is the decayof self

Let they child's first lesson be obedience and the second will be what thou wilt.

Let them obey that know not how to rule.

Any lack of joy in the world is the result of disobedience.

Mediate on the word of God day and night, then be careful to write the sacred words on your heart. And find grace to obey it.

The man who cannot obey God cannot say that he loves or trusts his Master. If God knows best then how dare we interfere with His will?

The gift of the Sabbath must be treasured. Blessed are you who honour this day.

So many commands in the Bible require obedience without us experiencing any conviction to obey them. That is when our faith is truly tested.

I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi)

Whoever gains good understanding, keeps God's commandment.

Submit to the Father of spirit, God.

Parents expect only two things from their children, obedience in their childhood and respect in their adulthood.

Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon.

O LORD God give us a heart to heed to thy holy word.

It is only through faith that you will receive the patience, obedience, and humility to be submissive

Obedience and submission requires faith

Does every christian obey Christ Jesus?

Since the earliest days of our youth, we have been conditioned to accept that the direction of the herd, and authority anywhere — is always right.

The lawmakers possess the authority that commands the obedience of the people.

When it is time to sow, sow and when it is time to harvest, you will harvest. Obey this rule.