(128 quotes found)
“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.”
Oscar Wilde
“He that cannot obey, cannot command.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.”
“The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have the free will to obey them or disobey them. Obedience will bring harmony, disobedience will bring you more problems.”
Peace Pilgrim
“One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.”
Douglas Bader
“Let thy child's first lesson be obedience, and the second may be what thou wilt.”
“Obedience to our Heavenly Father starts with our loving service to a needy brother.”
William Arthur Ward
“Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them.”
Anthony de Mello
“If God creates a world of particles and waves, dancing in obedience to mathematical and physical laws, who are we to say that he cannot make use of those laws to cover the surface of a small planet with living creatures?”
Martin Gardner